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Welcome to Jobs ...

Jobs is located in Hocking County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jobs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Jobs is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Jobs: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Jobs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Jobs - it's located in Nevada.

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

Communities near Jobs ...

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

  • Athens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Logan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Nelsonville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
    • Nelsonville is located in Athens County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,119 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nelsonville <4>
  • New Lexington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Crooksville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Glouster
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glouster have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glouster
    • Glouster is located in Athens County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,779 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glouster <4>
  • Chauncey
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chauncey have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Albany
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Junction City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
    • Junction City is located in Perry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 802 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Junction City <4>
  • New Straitsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Straitsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Straitsville
    • New Straitsville is located in Perry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Straitsville <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jobs ...

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

Adding Jobs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jobs 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 Jobs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Jobs post office opened in 1890.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jobs.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Jobs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hocking County: www.co.hocking.oh.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Hocking, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jobs - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Jobs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Jobs 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>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.
<6>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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