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Welcome to Cox ...

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

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

Cox would have been located within present day Vinton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cox, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cox is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Cox was located: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Cox ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Cox: This one is located in Vinton County and the other is located in Licking County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 22 communities that are also named Cox - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, California (2), Florida, Georgia (3), Idaho, Maryland (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cox ...

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

  • Chillicothe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jackson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jackson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Jackson is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,240 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <5>
  • Wellston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Waverly City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waverly City have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
    • Waverly City is located in Pike County
    • Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
  • Waverly
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • McArthur
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McArthur have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McArthur
    • McArthur is located in Vinton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,620 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McArthur <5>
  • Kingston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Laurelville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Coalton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coalton have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
    • Coalton is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people

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

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

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

Adding Cox to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cox 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 for Cox was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Cox post office opened in 1885.

We also found Cox in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cox.

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 Cox, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Vinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cox - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Cox area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Cox area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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