Welcome to Hopson ...
Hopson is located in Caldwell County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hopson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.
Hopson is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Hopson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Hopson: 270 & 364<3>
Communities Also Named Hopson ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Hopson - they are located in Mississippi and Tennessee.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hopson.
Communities near Hopson ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hopson.
- Princeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cadiz
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cadiz. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadiz
- Cadiz is located in Trigg County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,714 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cadiz <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cadiz
- From Hopson to Cadiz
- Dawson Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Eddyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kuttawa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fredonia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lamasco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McGowan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for McGowan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGowan
- McGowan is located in Caldwell County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to McGowan
- From Hopson to McGowan
- Wallonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wallonia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
- Wallonia is located in Trigg County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wallonia
- From Hopson to Wallonia
- Cerulean
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Hopson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hopson.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hopson. 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 Hopson.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopson. See our Newspapers Page for Hopson.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hopson ...
Looking for more information about Hopson? 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 Hopson, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hopson.
Adding Hopson to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hopson 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 Hopson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Hopson post office opened in 1885.
We also found Hopson in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hopson.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Caldwell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hopson - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Hopson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Hopson 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |