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History · Hookerton

Hookerton’s post office opened in 1856, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1914 on and the census since 1870.

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Quick answers

How Hookerton began

When was Hookerton founded?

1856

The Hookerton post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Hookerstown (1819), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 163 in 18702020 census: 413170 years
Founding year: the first Hookerton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hookerton’s past

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

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The story so far

Hookerton, in brief

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

Hookerton is a town in Greene County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 413 at the 2020 census. It is geographically located southeast of Snow Hill on North Carolina Highway 123. The town is part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area.

Its first post office opened in 1856. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 409 in 2010, 413 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Hookerton, 1819 to 1929

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1819Post officeThe Hookerstown post office opens
  3. 1856Post officeThe Hookerstown post office closes
  4. 1856Post officeThe Hookerton post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1914On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1929Born hereJim Ray Hart is born here
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On the map

Hookerton on the map, 1914 to 1982

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

Hookerton on the 1914 USGS mapHookerton on the 1982 USGS map1914Kinston 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 Hookerton.

People over time

Hookerton, census by census

010020030040050018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 467

Between 139 and 467 people in every census since 1870.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Hookerton’s post office has been open since 1856. Another post office, Hookerstown, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hookerstown
1819–1856
Hookerton
1856–today
18101920today

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

Questions about Hookerton’s history

What year was Hookerton founded?

The Hookerton post office opened in 1856, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.