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Welcome to Houcktown ...

Houcktown is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Houcktown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

Houcktown is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Houcktown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Houcktown: 419 & 567<3>

Communities near Houcktown ...

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

  • Findlay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Fostoria
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Kenton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Upper Sandusky
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
  • Ada
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ada is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ada
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,532 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ada <4>
  • Bluffton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • North Baltimore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Carey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Carey is located in Wyandot County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,540 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carey <4>
  • McComb
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Houcktown ...

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

Adding Houcktown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Houcktown post office opened in 1862. The Houcktown post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Houcktown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Houcktown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Houcktown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Houcktown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/