Sandlake is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Tillamook County,

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, United States. It lies between Tillamook and Pacific City along Sandlake Road west of

U.S. Route 101 U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a major north–south highway that traverses the states of California, Oregon, and Washington on the West Coast of the United States. It is part of the United States Numbered Highway Syst ...

. The community is named after a nearby body of water called ''Sand Lake'' along the Pacific coast. Postal authorities established a post office at this location on July 10, 1890, naming it ''Hembree'' after the first postmaster, A. J. Hembree. It was renamed ''Sandlake'' on January 18, 1898. The office remained open until May 1956.

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Unincorporated communities in Tillamook County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{TillamookCountyOR-geo-stub