๐บ๐ธ Sandston is a place (CDP) in Henrico County, Virginia, United States, just outside the state capital of Richmond. It was designated a Historic District by Henrico County in 2021.
The Battle of Seven Pines took place nearby in 1862. It was second only to the Battle of Shiloh in its number of casualties up to that time. The battle was brutally fought and inconclusive, but had a profound impact on the trajectory of the war. After General Johnston's injury, President Jefferson Davis appointed Robert E. Lee as Commander of the Confederate Armies. Lee then initiated the Seven Days Battles, which drove the Northern forces into a retreat in late June. This was the closest the North had come to Richmond, Virginia in this offensive.
During World War I, a number of homes were built in the area for both non-commissioned officers and enlisted men. After the war, an investment group headed by Oliver J. Sands bought the land and buildings as surplus property. The community was named Sandston after Oliver Sands, the president of the Richmond and Fairfield Railway, the electric street railway line which ran through Highland Springs and Fair Oaks to the National Cemetery at Seven Pines.
The community was later served by the Fairfield Transit Company, which operated a bus barn extant at Seven Pines in 2005 and the earlier trolley car barn in Richmond on North 29th Street. The road from Richmond, through Highland Springs, to Seven Pines was named "Nine Mile Road" because of the distance of the streetcar/trolley line.
Richmond International Airport is located in Sandston.
Sandston has a population of over 7,571 people. Sandston also forms part of the wider Richmond metropolitan area which has a population of over 1,260,029 people. Sandston is situated near Richmond.
๐ฐ๐ท Gangseo District 37.533
๐บ๐ธ Fairfax County -77.28
๐จ๐ด San Juan de Pasto -77.267
๐บ๐ธ Germantown -77.267
๐ฏ๐ฒ Saint Ann Parish -77.259
๐บ๐ธ Woodbridge -77.25
๐บ๐ธ Gaithersburg -77.249
๐บ๐ธ Greenville -77.367
๐จ๐ฆ Belleville -77.382
๐บ๐ธ Henrico County -77.4
๐บ๐ธ Petersburg -77.4
Locations Near: Sandston -77.3,37.5167
๐บ๐ธ Henrico County -77.4,37.55 d: 9.6
๐บ๐ธ Richmond -77.433,37.541 d: 12.1
๐บ๐ธ Laurel -77.5,37.633 d: 21.9
๐บ๐ธ Chesterfield -77.5,37.367 d: 24.3
๐บ๐ธ Tuckahoe -77.567,37.583 d: 24.7
๐บ๐ธ Ashland -77.467,37.75 d: 29.8
๐บ๐ธ Petersburg -77.4,37.213 d: 34.9
๐บ๐ธ Midlothian -77.65,37.517 d: 30.9
๐บ๐ธ Fredericksburg -77.471,38.302 d: 88.6
๐บ๐ธ Newport News -76.43,36.978 d: 97.6
Antipodal to: Sandston 102.7,-37.517
๐ฆ๐บ Bunbury 115.637,-33.327 d: 18755
๐ฆ๐บ Mandurah 115.721,-32.529 d: 18707.7
๐ฆ๐บ Rockingham 115.717,-32.267 d: 18693.8
๐ฆ๐บ City of Cockburn 115.833,-32.167 d: 18678.8
๐ฆ๐บ Vincent 115.834,-31.936 d: 18665.7
๐ฆ๐บ Perth 115.857,-31.953 d: 18664.7
๐ฆ๐บ Wanneroo 115.803,-31.747 d: 18657.2
๐ฆ๐บ Guildford 115.973,-31.9 d: 18652.3