Do you know of Hovis ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hovis. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hovis.<1> Our sources for Hovis (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hovis other than they indicate that Hovis would be found somewhere in Alcorn County, Mississippi. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898 and closed in 1904. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hovis ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hovis: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
More Orphans in Alcorn County ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Alcorn County.
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