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Sand Quarry Hollow

Coordinates: 35°53′22″N 87°38′58″W / 35.889436°N 87.649308°W / 35.889436; -87.649308
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Sand Quarry is a valley in Hickman County, Tennessee, in the United States.[1]

Sand Quarry was named from deposits of sand which were mined there to be used in nearby blast furnaces.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sand Quarry Hollow
  2. ^ Spence, W. Jerome D.; Spence, David L. (1900). A History of Hickman County, Tennessee. Southern Historical Press. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-89308-242-0.

35°53′22″N 87°38′58″W / 35.889436°N 87.649308°W / 35.889436; -87.649308