Hogestown, Pennsylvania

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Hogestown, Pennsylvania
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Hogestown, Pennsylvania
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Hogestown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 40°14′45″N77°01′58″W / 40.24583°N 77.03278°W / 40.24583; -77.03278 Coordinates: 40°14′45″N77°01′58″W / 40.24583°N 77.03278°W / 40.24583; -77.03278
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Cumberland
Elevation
387 ft (118 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 717 & 223
GNIS feature ID1177180 [1]

Hogestown is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] [2]

History

John Hoge and his brother William Hoge were born near Hogestown; they served in the United States House of Representatives. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Hogestown, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Hogestown Topo Map in Cumberland County PA|
  3. 'The Journal of the House of Representatives-Thomas Jefferson Administration 1801-1809, Volume 1, Seventh Congress-First Session December 1801-May 1802, Michael Glazier, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, Biographical Sketches of John Hoge and William Hoge, pg. 50



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