Sandy Hook, Mississippi

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Sandy Hook is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.

Sandy Hook is located on the former Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.{{cite web |last1=Howe |first1=Tony |title=Sandy Hook, Mississippi |url=https://www.msrailroads.com/Towns/Sandyhook.htm |website=Mississippi Rails |access-date=June 2, 2023}}

The John Ford Home is located in Sandy Hook. The home, built by John Ford in 1809, was the site of two Mississippi Methodist Conferences in 1814 and 1818 and the Pearl River Convention on Mississippi statehood in 1817. The home was surrounded by a stockade during the Creek War as protection for local settlers against attacks by Native Americans.{{cite web |last1=Lampton |first1=Lucius M. |title=John Ford Home (Ford’s Fort) |url=https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/john-ford-home/ |website=Mississippi Encyclopedia |access-date=June 2, 2023}}

On April 19, 2020, Sandy Hook was hit by an EF4 tornado.{{cite web |title=Storm Events Database |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=899722 |website=ncdc.noaa.gov |access-date=June 2, 2023}}

One of the few still-operating collections of the ShowBiz Pizza Place animatronic band The Rock-afire Explosion is operated in Sandy Hook at Smitty's Super Service Station.{{cite web |title=Smitty's Super Service Station |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/smittys-super-service-station |website=Atlas Obscura |access-date=June 2, 2023}}