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Welcome to Hazleton ...

Hazleton is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Hazleton is located in Texas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hazleton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Hazleton is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Hazleton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Hazleton - they are located in Indiana, Iowa, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hazleton ...

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

  • Licking
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Houston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Raymondville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Edgar Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Plato
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Roby
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Roby is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roby
  • Success
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Beulah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Beulah is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
  • Duke
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Duke is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke
  • Sherrill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sherrill is located in Texas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hazleton ...

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

Adding Hazleton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hazleton post office opened in 1890. The Hazleton post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hazleton.

Footnotes ...

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