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Welcome to Hong ...

Hong is located in Vernon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hong, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Hong is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hong: 417

Communities Also Named Hong ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hong - it's located in North Dakota.

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

Communities near Hong ...

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

  • Nevada
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Scott
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Fort Scott is located in Bourbon County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Scott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,648 people
    • Fort Scott has also been known as:
    • Fort Scott City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Scott <3>
  • Rich Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Sheldon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Hume
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hume is located in Bates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hume
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
  • Prescott
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Prescott is located in Linn County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 268 people
  • Walker
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Walker is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
  • Schell City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Bronaugh
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bronaugh is located in Vernon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronaugh
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
  • Fulton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Fulton is located in Bourbon County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hong ...

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

Adding Hong to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hong post office opened in 1882. The Hong post office closed in 1883.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hong.

Footnotes ...

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