Welcome to Hygeia ...
So far, we found very little information about Hygeia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hygeia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Hygeia - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Hygeia, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Hygeia , we believe that it would have been located within present day Hamilton County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hygeia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.
Time Zone: The area where Hygeia was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Hygeia still existed, it would have been in the (513) area code.
Communities Also Named Hygeia ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hygeia - it's located in Louisiana.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hygeia.
Adding Hygeia to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hygeia 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 Hygeia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Hygeia post office opened in 1850.
We also found Hygeia in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hygeia.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Hamilton County: www.hamilton-co.org/
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 Hygeia, 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 Hamilton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |