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Welcome to Hooser ...

Hooser is located in Cowley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hooser, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Hooser is 1,370 feet [418 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hooser: 620

Communities near Hooser ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hooser ...

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

Adding Hooser to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hooser post office opened in 1887. The Hooser post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hooser.

Footnotes ...

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