Most of Hoback was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Its Register listing is the Bridge over Snake River-Structure DEY. Below: 1 old photo or paper.
Founding year: the first Hoback post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Hoback’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Hoback is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Hoback’s overall grade.
Wyoming towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wyoming town has 25.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Hoback’s 7.6 sits near the middle of its state (44% of Wyoming towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share (±2.8 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Hoback’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hoback yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Hoback is a census-designated place (CDP) in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,176 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jackson, WY–ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town is named for John Hoback, a mountain man who guided the Astor party through the area in 1811.
Its first post office opened in 1921. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,176 to 1,276 (+9%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
The Hoback post office opened in 1921, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Hoback rank for history?
Hoback is more historic than 10% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Hoback?
One place: the Bridge over Snake River-Structure DEY (listed 2022).
How old are the homes in Hoback?
0.0% of Hoback’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.8 points), against a typical 12% for a Wyoming town; the median home was built in 1986.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
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