What is the population of Big Sandy, Texas?

Big Sandy has a population of approximately 1,289 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Big Sandy, Texas located?

Big Sandy is located in Texas, United States, at approximate coordinates 32.5857°, -95.1125°.

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Big Sandy

Total population

1,289

Elevation112 m

Land area4.32 km²

Coordinates32.59°, -95.11°

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

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City facts

Elevation

112 m

Area

4.32 km²

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Overview

Big Sandy is a town in Upshur County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 1,231. A lake of the same name is cut nearly in half by U.S. Highway 80, the main thoroughfare of Big Sandy. It lies directly west of the larger cities of Gladewater and Longview.

History & geography

History

Big Sandy is about southwest of Gilmer, Texas, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Texas State Highway 155 in Upshur County. It was established shortly after the American Civil War. The settlement was first known as Big Sandy Switch because a stretch of the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built through the area and eventually intersected with a narrow-gauge railroad called the Tyler Tap (both lines are now part of today's Union Pacific). A post office was followed by a newspaper, stores, and churches. In 1926, the settlement was incorporated as Big Sandy, with a population of about 850. During the 1950s, Big Sandy became linked to a religious movement that would greatly influence the community for four decades. Local resident Buck Hammer was a member of the Radio Church of God (which later became known as the Worldwide Church of God), a California-based, Sabbatarian movement headed by radio evangelist Herbert W. Armstrong. Hammer donated a small parcel of land (less than 10 acres) to the church, which built a meeting hall and began holding annual church conventions there by the middle 1950s. The church in subsequent years bought hundreds more acres adjacent to the original site. Thousands of church members converged on Big Sandy and surrounding communities for the week-long Feast of Tabernacles each year, creating a significant economic impact. In the mid-1960s, Armstrong developed more of the property and established a second campus of Ambassador College, the original campus of which continued to operate at the church's headquarters facility in Pasadena, California. The presence of the college, along with the annual convention operation, influenced hundreds of church members to relocate to Big Sandy and the surrounding area over the years. Although Ambassador…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.3 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2) of it (1.80%) is covered by water.

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