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Welcome to Hoge ...

Hoge is located in Leavenworth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hoge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.

Hoge is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hoge: 913

Communities near Hoge ...

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

  • Kansas City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Shawnee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Leavenworth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Lansing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lansing is located in Leavenworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,954 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <3>
  • Merriam
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Parkville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Bonner Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Basehor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Basehor is located in Leavenworth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basehor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,656 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basehor <3>
  • De Soto
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Eudora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hoge ...

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

Adding Hoge to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hoge 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 Hoge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hoge post office opened in 1867. The Hoge post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hoge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Leavenworth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hoge - 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/