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History · Hood

Hood’s post office opened in 1912, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Hood was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1960. Its Register listing is the Rosebud Ranch. Below: maps from 1908 on.

1912first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Hood began

When was Hood founded?

1912

The Hood post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Richland (1860), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 244114 years
Founding year: the first Hood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hood’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19085 editions of the USGS map, 1908 to 1978. Watch Hood change.Old housesHalf of Hood’s homes were built before 1960.
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Start Hood’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hood’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Hood on the map, 1908 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hood. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hood on the 1908 USGS mapHood on the 1916 USGS mapHood on the 1952 USGS mapHood on the 1968 USGS mapHood on the 1978 USGS map1908Courtland sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hood.

The story

How Hood came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hood.

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The community was named in 1910 after William Hood, chief engineer of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Hood, 1860 to 1912

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860Post officeThe Richland post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Richland post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1912Post officeThe Hood post office opens
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Hood

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Rosebud Ranch
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Italianate1
Rosebud RanchItalianate

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Hood’s post office has been open since 1912. Another post office, Richland, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Richland
1860–1888
Hood
1912–today
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Hood Junction

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Hood’s history

What year was Hood founded?

The Hood post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Hood?

One place: the Rosebud Ranch (listed 1979).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.