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History · Hobgood

Hobgood’s post office opened in 1885, and 34% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1900.

1885first post office
0on the National Register
34%homes built before 1940
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How Hobgood began

When was Hobgood founded?

1885

The Hobgood post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 122 in 19002020 census: 268141 years
Founding year: the first Hobgood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hobgood’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 Hobgood are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 630 in 1960; 268 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Hobgood’s homes were built before 1951.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hobgood’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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People over time

Hobgood, census by census

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Peaked at 630 in 1960; 268 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hobgood’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Hobgood, in brief

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

Hobgood is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hobgood had a population of 268. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1885. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 348 to 268 (-23%).

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

Timeline

Hobgood, 1885 to 1962

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1885Post officeThe Hobgood post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1960CensusPopulation peaks at 630
  5. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Hobgood, decade by decade

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On the map

Hobgood on the map, 1962 to 1997

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

Hobgood on the 1962 USGS mapHobgood on the 1997 USGS map1962Hobgood sheet · 1:24,000

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

Questions about Hobgood’s history

What year was Hobgood founded?

The Hobgood post office opened in 1885, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.