Sand Hill, Rankin County, Mississippi

This article is about the unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi. For other communities in Mississippi, see Sand Hill, Mississippi (disambiguation).

Sand Hill or Sandhill is an unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. Sand Hill is located on Mississippi Highway 25, approximately 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Flowood.^[2]

Sand Hill, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°29′16″N 89°52′49″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Rankin
Elevation	351 ft (107 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39161, 39047, 39145
Area code(s)	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	677341[1]

Notable person

Sand Hill is the birthplace of three-time US Olympic Medalist Tori Bowie (1990-2023). Bowie won a gold medal in the 4x100m relay, a silver medal in the 100m dash, and a bronze in the 200m dash at the 2016 Rio Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also won gold in the Women's 100 metres at the 2017 World Championships in London.^[3]

References

1. "Sand Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Rankin County, Mississippi General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. "World Athletics Championships 2017: Tori Bowie wins women's 100m final – as it happened". The Guardian. August 6, 2017. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022.