Hockingport, Ohio

Hockingport is a census-designated place in southeastern Troy Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States.[1] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 212.[2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 45739.[3] It is located at the intersection of State Routes 124 and 144.

Location of Hockingport, Ohio
Location of Hockingport, Ohio

It lies on the Ohio River, located below Little Hocking and above Reedsville.

History
See also: Battle of Point Pleasant

Hockingport was the site of a pre-revolutionary military camp and fortification built in October 1774 by Virginia militiamen under Lord Dunmore at the confluence of the Hocking and Ohio Rivers called Fort Gower. The fort served as the base camp for the militia during Dunmore's War. It was the namesake fort of the Fort Gower Resolves issued by the soldiers stationed there in Nov. 1774. Among the officers present were many Virginians that would go on to become famous during the revolution. Present were William Campbell, George Rogers Clark, William Crawford, Simon Kenton, Andrew Lewis, Daniel Morgan, William Russell, Adam Stephen and many others. The fort was abandoned after Dunmore's War. Today the site of the fort is believed to be under water just beyond the point.

A post office called Hockingport has been in operation since 1838.[4] The community was a shipping point on the Hocking River, hence the name.[5]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hockingport, Ohio
  2. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hockingport CDP, Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  3. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  4. "Athens County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. History of Hocking Valley, Ohio: together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships. Chicago: Inter-State Pub. Co. 1883. p. 659.

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