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History · Hodge

Hodge’s post office opened in 1901, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Hodge was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1968. Its Register listing is the Hunt, John S., and Martha McGill Stewart, House.

1901first post office
1on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
5famous people
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Quick answers

How Hodge began

When was Hodge founded?

1901

The Hodge post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 382125 years
Founding year: the first Hodge post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hodge’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 Hodge are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Hodge’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story so far

Hodge, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hodge yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Hodge is a village in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hodge had a population of 382. It is part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 470 to 382 (-19%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Hodge, 1901 to 1941

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Hodge post office opens
  3. 1908Born hereHarley Boss is born here
  4. 1937Born hereGlenn Sutton is born here
  5. 1940Born hereNapoleon A. Jones Jr. is born here
  6. 1941Born hereJerry Huckaby is born here
By decade

Hodge, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Sign of Hodge, LA MVI 26682009Sign of Hodge, LA MVI 2668LAMap-doton-East Hodge Hodge North2004LAMap-doton-East Hodge Hodge North
On the National Register

1 historic place in Hodge

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2023
Hunt, John S., and Martha McGill Stewart, House
Hunt, John S., and Martha McGill Stewart, House
Buildings
All 1 listings
Hunt, John S., and Martha McGill Stewart, HouseBuilding · listed 2023

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

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Hodge

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Jerry HuckabyAmerican politician · b. 1941
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Glenn SuttonAmerican country music songwriter, record produ… · b. 1937
Harley BossAmerican baseball player · b. 1908
Napoleon A. Jones Jr.United States federal judge · b. 1940
Billy SmithAmerican baseball player · b. 1953
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Hodge’s post office has been open since 1901.

Gone or out of use
Hodge Elementary Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Hodge
HodgeSaint Henrys

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

North HodgeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast HodgeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Hodge’s history

What year was Hodge founded?

The Hodge post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Hodge?

One place: the Hunt, John S., and Martha McGill Stewart, House (listed 2023).

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 Wikimedia Commons (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.