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Welcome to Hepco ...

So far, we found very little information about Hepco. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hepco to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hepco, please Contact Us.


Hepco would have been located within present day Haywood County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hepco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1919.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hepco is 2,360 feet [719 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Hepco is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Hepco was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Hepco was located: 828

Communities near Hepco ...

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

  • Waynesville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Canton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • West Myers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • West Myers is located in Cocke County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
  • Hazelwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hazelwood is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
  • Clyde
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Clyde is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,308 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <4>
  • Maggie Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marshall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hot Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Junaluska
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mount Sterling
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Sterling is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling

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

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

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

Adding Hepco to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hepco 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 Hepco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hepco post office opened in 1919. The Hepco post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hepco.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hepco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Haywood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hepco - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/