Welcome to Houckville ...

Houckville is located in Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Houckville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1920.

Houckville is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Houckville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Houckville: 606

Communities near Houckville ...

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

• Grayson
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
  • Grayson is located in Carter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,832 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grayson <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Grayson
  • From Houckville to Grayson
• Louisa
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
  • Louisa is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,325 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisa <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Louisa
  • From Houckville to Louisa
• Fort Gay
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay
  • Fort Gay is located in Wayne County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Fort Gay
  • From Houckville to Fort Gay
• Sandy Hook
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
  • Sandy Hook is located in Elliott County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy Hook <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sandy Hook
  • From Houckville to Sandy Hook
• Blaine
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
  • Blaine is located in Lawrence County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blaine <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Blaine
  • From Houckville to Blaine
• Brammer Gap
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brammer Gap
  • Brammer Gap is located in Lawrence County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Brammer Gap
  • From Houckville to Brammer Gap
• Hicksville ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hicksville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
  • Hicksville is located in Lawrence County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hicksville
  • From Houckville to Hicksville
• Webbville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webbville
  • Webbville is located in Lawrence County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Webbville
  • From Houckville to Webbville
• Christmas ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Christmas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas
  • Christmas is located in Lawrence County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Christmas
  • From Houckville to Christmas
• Gladys ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gladys. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladys
  • Gladys is located in Lawrence County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Gladys
  • From Houckville to Gladys

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Houckville ...

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

Adding Houckville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Houckville 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 Houckville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Houckville post office opened in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Houckville.