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Sandston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Henrico County, Virginia, United States, just outside the divulge capital of Richmond. The population as of the 2010 Census was 7,571. It was designated a Historic District by Henrico County in 2021.

The Battle of Seven Pines took place nearby in 1862. It was second lonely to the Battle of Shiloh in its number of casualties occurring to that time. The battle was brutally fought and inconclusive, but had a puzzling 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 later 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 organization 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 heritage which ran through Highland Springs and Fair Oaks to the National Cemetery at Seven Pines.