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Welcome to Max ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Max, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Max is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Max was located: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Max ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Max - they are located in Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Max ...

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

  • Lancaster
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Logan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Logan is located in Hocking County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <5>
  • Nelsonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • New Lexington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Baltimore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Crooksville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Glouster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Somerset
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Millersport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Thornville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)

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

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

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

Adding Max to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Max 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 (so far) for Max was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Max post office opened in 1899. The Max post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Max.

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 Max, 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 Hocking, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Max - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Max area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Max area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/