Big Sandy

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Big Sandy

Total population

507

Median home value

$70,000

6.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$47,500

Big Sandy$48k

National$74k

Elevation113 m

Land area1.84 km²

Coordinates36.23°, -88.09°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Big Sandy is a town in Benton County, Tennessee. The population was 486 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tennessee

• Camden
  11.6 mi away
• Eva
  12.2 mi away · pop. 109
• Paris
  13.1 mi away · pop. 10,338
• Buchanan
  15.4 mi away
• Hollow Rock
  17.1 mi away · pop. 739
• Whitlock
  18 mi away
• Henry
  18.3 mi away
• Tennessee Ridge
  18.6 mi away
• Waverly
  19.3 mi away
• Puryear
  19.9 mi away
• Erin
  22.2 mi away
• Cottage Grove
  24.1 mi away

Browse all places in Tennessee →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Big Sandy

Big Sandy River, Tennessee. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Big Sandy River, Tennessee

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors · 1905

Surface water supply of Virginia: New, Big Sandy, and Tennessee River Basins, 1956-1960

Virginia. Division of Water Resources. · 1961

Guide to the Coal Towns of the Big Sandy River Valley

George D. Torok · 2018

A guide to historic coal towns of the Big Sandy River Valley / George D. Torok

George D. Torok · 2004

Flow patterns in Big Sandy embayment of Kentucky Reservoir using a one-dimensional dynamic model

William D. Proctor · 1990

The river basin water quality management plan for Kentucky

Kentucky. Division of Water Quality · 1977

Surface water supply of Virginia ... 1927-1942

Virginia. Division of Water Resources and Power. · 1944

History of the World's Fair

Benjamin Cummings Truman · 1893

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

princess tree

Paulownia tomentosa

Seen 2026-09-16

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle

Cicindela tranquebarica

Seen 2026-09-13

Banded Garden Spider

Argiope trifasciata

Seen 2026-09-13

Two-lined Spittlebug

Prosapia bicincta

Seen 2026-09-13

Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Seen 2026-09-13

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-09-04

Milkweed Tussock Moth

Euchaetes egle

Seen 2026-08-24

DeKay's Brownsnake

Storeria dekayi

Seen 2026-08-22

Red-spotted Purple

Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Seen 2026-08-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).