Welcome to Joe ...

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

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

Joe would have been located within present day Hocking County<2>.

The location of Joe has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Joe, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Joe is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Joe still existed, it would have been in the (740) area code.

Communities Also Named Joe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Joe - they are located in Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas.

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

Communities near Joe ...

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

• Lancaster
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
  • Lancaster is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,932 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <5>
• Logan
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Logan is located in Hocking County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,933 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <5>
• Nelsonville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <5>
• New Lexington
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lexington
  • New Lexington is located in Perry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,671 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Lexington <5>
• Baltimore
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baltimore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
  • Baltimore is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,026 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltimore <5>
• Crooksville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooksville
  • Crooksville is located in Perry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,476 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crooksville <5>
• Glouster
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glouster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <5>
• Somerset
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
  • Somerset is located in Perry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somerset <5>
• Millersport
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millersport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersport
  • Millersport is located in Fairfield County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millersport <5>
• Thornville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thornville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornville
  • Thornville is located in Perry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thornville <5>

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

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

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

Adding Joe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Joe post office opened in 1887.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Joe.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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