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Welcome to Hoban ...

Hoban is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Hoban is located in Reeves County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hoban, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Hoban is 2,700 feet [823 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Hoban is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Hoban lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Hoban: 432

Communities near Hoban ...

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

  • Pecos
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Pecos is located in Reeves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,488 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <3>
  • Balmorhea
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Toyah
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Verhalen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Lindsay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lindsay is located in Reeves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
  • Saragosa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Barstow
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Toyahvale
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • San Martine
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • San Martine is located in Reeves County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Martine
  • Coyanosa
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hoban ...

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

Adding Hoban to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hoban 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 (so far) for Hoban was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hoban post office opened in 1911. The Hoban post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hoban.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Reeves, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hoban - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/