Welcome to Little Hocking ...

Little Hocking is located in Washington County<1>.

The location of Little Hocking has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Hocking, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

Little Hocking is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for Little Hocking: (740)

Communities near Little Hocking ...

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

• Parkersburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
  • Parkersburg is located in Wood County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkersburg <4>
• Marietta
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Marietta is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,364 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <4>
• Vienna
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Vienna is located in Wood County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <4>
• Belpre
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
  • Belpre is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <4>
• Williamstown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
  • Williamstown is located in Wood County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,860 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamstown <4>
• North Hills
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
  • North Hills is located in Wood County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
• Coolville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolville
  • Coolville is located in Athens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coolville <4>
• Chesterhill
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterhill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterhill
  • Chesterhill is located in Morgan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterhill <4>
• Amesville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amesville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
  • Amesville is located in Athens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amesville <4>
• Lubeck
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
  • Lubeck is located in Wood County (WV)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Hocking ...

Looking for more information about Little Hocking? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Little Hocking, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Little Hocking.

Adding Little Hocking to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Little Hocking post office opened in 1879.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Hocking.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.oh.us/

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