RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of South Carolina >> York County >> HoodtownIndex...

Welcome to Hoodtown ...

Hoodtown is located in York County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hoodtown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Hoodtown is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hoodtown: 803 & 839<3>

Communities Also Named Hoodtown ...

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

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

Websites for Hoodtown ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yorkcountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Hoodtown, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Hoodtown ...

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

  • Gaffney
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • York
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Union
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Clover
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Chester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Blacksburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jonesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Grover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
    • Grover is located in Cleveland County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 709 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grover <4>
  • Pacolet Mills
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Sharon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hoodtown ...

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

Adding Hoodtown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hoodtown post office opened in 1884.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hoodtown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hoodtown - 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 803 code has been Overlayed with the 839 area code. New phone numbers in the Hoodtown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 803 or 839. As a result, placing a call in the Hoodtown 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/