Welcome to Hemming ...
Hemming is located Hemming is located in Cooke County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hemming, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Hemming is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Hemming lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Hemming lies within the (940) area code. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hemming. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hemming. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hemming. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hemming. 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 Hemming. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hemming. See our Newspapers Page for Hemming. Looking for more information about Hemming? 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 Hemming, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hemming. We originally found mention of Hemming in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hemming was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Hemming.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hemming. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Cooke County: www.co.cooke.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Communities near Hemming ...
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
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(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hemming ...
Adding Hemming to Our Gazetteer ...
From that list, the Hemming post office opened in 1894.
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Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Cooke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hemming - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <3> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <4> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/