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Welcome to Hood ...

Hood is located in Saint Clair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Hood is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Hood (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Communities Also Named Hood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Hood - they are located in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana (2), Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Hood ...

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

  • Gadsden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rainbow City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Southside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Oneonta
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Attalla
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Glencoe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Springville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hokes Bluff
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Odenville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Ashville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)

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 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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages 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.

Adding Hood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hood 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 (so far) for Hood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hood post office opened in 1880. The Hood post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Saint Clair, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/