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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hockman. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hockman.<1>

Our sources for Hockman (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hockman other than they indicate that Hockman would be found somewhere in Tazewell County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1901 and closed in 1913.

Communities Also Named Hockman ...

We found one communities that share the name Hockman.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Hockman.

Beyond Virginia.

Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Salem City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hockman [Salem City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hockman ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hockman:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hockman.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/37624 (Place Name: Hockman (West Graham))

County: Tazewell (FIPS State/County: 51/185)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Hockman) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Tazewell County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/