Welcome to Hoy ...So far, we found very little information about Hoy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Hoy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hoy, please Contact Us. Hoy would have been located within present day Beauregard Parish<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hoy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. While the community is gone, the present day location for Hoy is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Hoy was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Hoy was located: 337 Communities Also Named Hoy ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Hoy - they are located in Mississippi and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hoy. Communities near Hoy ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hoy.
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 Hoy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hoy. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hoy. 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 Hoy. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hoy. See our Newspapers Page for Hoy. Adding Hoy to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hoy in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hoy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Hoy. Footnotes ...
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