The community of Sandy Point stretches along Highway 1 in Waldo County 12 or 13 miles northeast of Belfast, the county seat. When the writers of the American Guide series book, Maine, a Guide 'Down East', passed through Sandy Point in 1937 it was much the same as it is today. Their only references to the town concern the church, the cemetery and the rather interesting headstone of Captain Albert Partridge (1842-1901), the one with a globe atop, a world travelling ship's captain, and his wife Martha (1840-1914). On the globe are drawn the continents with the names of some of the captain’s most noted ports of call, such as Boston, Liverpool, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Brest, Valparaiso and Rio de Janeiro in South America, and ports in Australia and New Zealand. They also mention that the cemetery, across the highway from the church, contains the headstones of many seafarers who died or were lost at sea. We found this to be the case, as well.
The church was dedicated on September 23, 1840, but the cemetery predates it by two to three decades, with the first known burial taking place in 1817. This is also the gravesite of Joseph Plumb Martin, who was born November 21, 1760 and died May 2, 1850. He was a Revolutionary War Continental Army Soldier. The most recent burials were in 2012. The cemetery now contains approximately 350 interments.
Below is the excerpt from the book, Maine, a Guide 'Down East', page 273. Further below is a quick history of the church.
SANDY POINT (alt. no, Stockton Springs Town), 3.2 m., is an attractive settlement of green-shuttered, white frame houses retaining all the charm of old New England. The graceful facade of the white church in the center of the village looks toward Penobscot Bay, from which many men from this township departed for foreign ports. Immediately opposite the church is a small burial ground with many stones marked 'Lost' or 'Died at Sea.' The most pretentious monument is that in memory of Captain Albert Partridge; a globe of polished granite bears the names of the many distant ports he visited.
From Maine, a Guide 'Down East', Page 273