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Welcome to Hood ...So far, we found very little information about Hood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Hood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hood, please Contact Us. Hood would have been located within present day Union County<2>. The location of Hood has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Hood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. While the community is gone, the present day location for Hood is 2,070 feet [631 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Hood was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Hood once stood is in the (706) and (762)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Hood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Hood - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, 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.
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. Adding Hood to Our Gazetteer ...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.<7> We also found Hood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Hood. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Union County: www.unioncounty.gov/ The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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