Welcome to Hood ...
Hood is located Hood is located in Cooke County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. Hood is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Hood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Hood: (940) Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Hood - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana (2), Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hood. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hood. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hood. 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 Hood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hood. See our Newspapers Page for Hood. Looking for more information about Hood? 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 Hood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hood. We originally found mention of Hood 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 Hood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Hood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hood.
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hood. 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 Also Named Hood ...
Communities near Hood ...
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hood ...
Adding Hood to Our Gazetteer ...
From that list, the Hood post office opened in 1889.Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Hood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <3> 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. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/