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Welcome to Hoover ...Hoover is located Hoover is located in Lamar County<1>. The location of Hoover has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Hoover, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897. Hoover is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Hoover lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Hoover: (903) and (430)<4> Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Hoover: This one is located in Lamar County and the other is located in Gray County. Beyond Texas, there are 18 communities that are also named Hoover - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (3), South Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hoover. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hoover. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hoover. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hoover. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hoover. 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 Hoover. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hoover. See our Newspapers Page for Hoover. Looking for more information about Hoover? 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 Hoover, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hoover. We originally found mention of Hoover 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 Hoover was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Hoover in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Hoover post office opened in 1897.
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