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Welcome to Houcktown ...Houcktown is located in Hancock County<1>. The location of Houcktown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Houcktown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862. Houcktown is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Houcktown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near Houcktown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Houcktown.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Houcktown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Houcktown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Houcktown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Houcktown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Houcktown. See our Newspapers Page for Houcktown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Houcktown ...Looking for more information about Houcktown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Houcktown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Houcktown. Adding Houcktown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Houcktown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Houcktown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Houcktown in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Houcktown. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Houcktown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Hancock County: www.co.hancock.oh.us/ The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/ Footnotes ...
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