Sandy Creek, New York

Sandy Creek is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 3,939 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a creek in the area.

The Town of Sandy Creek is in the northwest part of the county. There is a village of Sandy Creek in the town.

Champlain passed through the town in 1615, leading a war party of Hurons and soldiers.

The town was first settled around 1803, near Lacona. Sandy Creek was formed from the Town of Richland in 1825.

In 1835, Sandy Creek resident Thomas Meacham decided to make the world's largest cheese as a gift to president Andrew Jackson. His finished product was 4 feet in diameter, 2 feet thick, and weighed nearly 1400 pounds. The cheese was delivered and sat in the White House until February 22, 1836 when the president invited the public to come to the White House and eat the cheese. This event was made famous in an episode of the television show The West Wing.

The Holyoke Cottage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 46.5 square miles (120.5 km²), of which, 42.3 square miles (109.5 km²) of it is land and 4.3 square miles (11.1 km²) of it (9.17%) is water.

The west border of Sandy Creek is Lake Ontario and the north border is Jefferson County.

Interstate 81 and U.S. Route 11 pass through the town (north-south). New York State Route 3 runs north to south near the Lake Ontario shoreline.

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