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Welcome to Hackney ...

Hackney is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Hackney is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hackney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Hackney is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hackney: 417

Communities Also Named Hackney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Hackney - they are located in Kansas (2), Montana (2), North Carolina (2), Ohio and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hackney.

Communities near Hackney ...

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

  • Springfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Republic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Bolivar
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Battlefield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Battlefield is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
  • Willard
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Strafford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Fair Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Ash Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Walnut Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Hope
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hackney ...

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

Adding Hackney to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hackney post office opened in 1889. The Hackney post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hackney.

Footnotes ...

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