Editing Sand Lake, New York (section)

==Hamlets==
[[File:2014-08-28 13 23 29 Intersection of West Sand Lake Road (New York State Route 43), Miller Hill Road (New York State Route 66) and Taborton Road (Rensselaer County Route 42) in Sand Lake, New York.JPG|thumb|right|Intersection of [[New York State Route 43|NY 43]], [[New York State Route 66|NY 66]] and CR 42 in the hamlet of Sand Lake]]
[[Averill Park, New York|Averill Park]], Sand Lake, and West Sand Lake are three hamlets within the greater town of Sand Lake.<ref name="Town of Sand Lake">{{Cite web |title=About the Town of Sand Lake |url=https://www.townofsandlake.us/townofsandlake |access-date=April 14, 2021 |website=www.townofsandlake.us |language=en}}</ref>

===Averill Park===
[[Averill Park, New York|Averill Park]] is a [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] near the center of the town. The Averill post office was established in 1880, with Frank Pettit as first postmaster; the name was changed to Averill Park in 1882.<ref>Kay, John L., Smith, Chester M., Jr., ''New York Postal History: The Post Offices and First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980'', (1982) State College, PA, American Philatelic Society, {{ISBN|0-933580-05-3}}, p 263.</ref> Faith Mills (1829-1966) is one of the textile factories that were established,  starting in the early 19th century, along what is now Burden Lake Road. It was powered with water from the Wynantskill.<ref name="HM of Sand Lake" /> It is located east of West Sand Lake and has a number of retail businesses, two churches, and the Averill Park High School. The main street has businesses from the mid-19th century.<ref name="Town of Sand Lake" />

===Sand Lake===
Sand Lake is the smallest hamlet of Sand Lake. There are several retail business, the Sand Lake Center for the Arts, a post office, town hall, a tavern, cemetery, and an elementary school.<ref name="Town of Sand Lake" /> Historic and stately houses are found in Sand Lake, with houses further away from one another than the other two hamlets.<ref name="Town of Sand Lake" />

===West Sand Lake===
[[West Sand Lake, New York|West Sand Lake]] is a hamlet in the northwestern corner of the town. In 1793, Bernhard Uhlein, a soldier of the [[American Revolutionary War]], settled here and established a 325-acre farm. He received the land from a land grant from Patroon VanRensselaer. The settlement was first known as Ulinesville.<ref name="HM of Sand Lake" /> The post office for was established in 1834, with Frost Myers as postmaster.<ref>Kay, John L., Smith, Chester M., Jr., ''New York Postal History: The Post Offices and First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980'', (1982) State College, PA, American Philatelic Society, {{ISBN|0-933580-05-3}}, p 267.</ref>

The community became West Sand Lake in 1838.<ref name="HM of Sand Lake">{{Cite web |title=SLHS: Historical Markers in the Town of Sand Lake |url=https://sandlakehistory.org/historical-markers/index.html |access-date=April 13, 2021 |website=sandlakehistory.org}}</ref> It is the largest of the four hamlets, with the most residents. There are houses dating back to the early 1800s in the western part of the hamlet. It has a number of retail businesses, schools, banks, two churches and a post office.<ref name="Town of Sand Lake" />