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Welcome to Hoboken ...

Hoboken is located in Marengo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hoboken, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Hoboken is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hoboken lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hoboken: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Hoboken ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Hoboken: This one is located in Marengo County and the other is located in Barbour County.

Beyond Alabama, there are 8 communities that are also named Hoboken - they are located in California, Georgia (2), New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hoboken.

Communities near Hoboken ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hoboken.

  • Thomasville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Linden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Pine Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Pine Hill is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 834 people
  • Sweet Water
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sweet Water is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Water
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
  • Fulton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Fulton is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 242 people
  • Pennington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pennington is located in Choctaw County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
  • Myrtlewood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
  • Dixon's Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dixon's Mills is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon's Mills
  • Aimwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Aimwell is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aimwell
  • Glover
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Glover is located in Clarke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover

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 Hoboken. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hoboken.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hoboken. 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 Hoboken.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hoboken. See our Newspapers Page for Hoboken.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hoboken ...

Looking for more information about Hoboken? 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 Hoboken, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hoboken.

Adding Hoboken to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hoboken 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 (so far) for Hoboken was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hoboken post office opened in 1877. The Hoboken post office closed in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hoboken.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Marengo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hoboken - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Hoboken area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Hoboken area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/