Welcome to Hoxie ...The city of Hoxie is located in Sheridan County<1> and is the County Seat for Sheridan County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hoxie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. The origin (or the toponymy) of Hoxie: Named for Hubert Hoxie, an official with the Missouri Pacific Railroad. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Hoxie has a population of 1,190 people<2> (see below for details). Hoxie is 2,700 feet [823 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Hoxie is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Hoxie lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Hoxie and travel west, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Area Code for Hoxie: 785 The ZIP code for Hoxie: 67740<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Hoxie had an population of 1,190 people. This is a decrease of 0.92% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 4.34% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Hoxie had a population of 1,201 people (which is 47.47% of the total population of Sheridan County). This makes Hoxie the county's most populous community. The population of Hoxie represents 0.04% of the total population of Kansas (which has 2,853,118 people), making it the state's 176th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,201 people, the population of Hoxie decreased 3.46% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,244 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Hoxie. Communities Also Named Hoxie ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Hoxie - they are located in Arkansas and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hoxie. Communities near Hoxie ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hoxie.
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 Hoxie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hoxie. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hoxie. 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 Hoxie. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hoxie. Our list includes 9 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Hoxie. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hoxie ...Looking for more information about Hoxie? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Hoxie, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hoxie. Adding Hoxie to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hoxie 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 Hoxie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Hoxie. Footnotes ...
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