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Welcome to Hugo ...

Hugo is located in Marengo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hugo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Hugo is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hugo: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Hugo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Hugo - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Manitoba, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hugo ...

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

  • Demopolis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Uniontown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Linden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Thomaston
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sweet Water
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Providence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Providence is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
  • Myrtlewood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Myrtlewood is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtlewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
  • Faunsdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Dayton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Crenshaw ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Crenshaw is located in Marengo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crenshaw

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hugo ...

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

Adding Hugo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hugo 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 Hugo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hugo post office opened in 1903. The Hugo post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hugo.

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 Hugo - 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 Hugo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Hugo 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/