Editing Sand Lake, New York (section)

===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" />