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Welcome to Hocking ...So far, we found very little information about Hocking. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Hocking to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hocking, please Contact Us. Hocking would have been located within present day Athens County<2>. The location of Hocking has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> The pronunciation of Hocking: HAH-king<4> While we don't have a date for the founding of Hocking, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870. While the community is gone, the present day location for Hocking is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: The area where Hocking was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Hocking would have been located in the (740) area code. Communities Also Named Hocking ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Hocking: This one is located in Athens County and the other is located in Fairfield County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hocking. Communities near Hocking ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hocking.
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 Hocking. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hocking. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hocking. 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 Hocking. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hocking. See our Newspapers Page for Hocking. Adding Hocking to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hocking 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 for Hocking was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Hocking. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Athens County: www.athenscountygovernment.com/ The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/ Footnotes ...
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