Hoschton, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the West Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30548. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle. 2,666 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 902 feet above sea level.
On record in Hoschton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Hillcrest-Allen Clinic and Hospitallisted 1985
Hoschton Depotlisted 2000
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Cochran Log House, Hoschtonfederal building survey, 3 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresHoschton grew from 1,377 to 2,666 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,377 | |
| 2020 | 2,666 | +1,289 (+94%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Hoschton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 439 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-HALL-001 |
| 27 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-003 |
| 25 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BARROW-004 |
| 25 September 1993 | Smoking | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JACKSON-004 |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JACKSON-003 |
| 17 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JACKSON-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoschton in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Lightning | Hoschton | $100,000 | The Athens Banner Herald reported that lightning struck a home on Antrim Glen Road. The structure suffered moderate fire and smoke damage. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoschton | $10,000 | The Jackson County 911 center reported several trees blown down from along Indian Creek Road and along Josh Pirkle Road in the Braselton area to along Ila Road in the Commerce area. |
| April 2025 | Lightning | Hoschton | $5,000 | Lightning struck a house on white trillium drive, causing a large hole in the roof. Time is estimated. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoschton | $5,000 | The Jackson County Emergency Management Director reported that a total of five trees were blown down, scattered about the county. Two trees were down on Georgia Highway 332 about two miles northwest of Jefferson. In addition, in Hoschton, a 10 by 6 foot barn, made of wood and metal, was destroyed. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoschton | $3,000 | Multiple trees down in the Braselton and Hoschton areas. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoschton | $1,000 | Tree on a house along White Street in Hoschton. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Hoschton | - | The Jackson County 911 Center reported that nickel to quarter size hail fell from Hoschton to Jefferson between 11:50 PM and midnight. Additional reports of heavy rain and large hail were received from the public through this area. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hoschton | - | The Jackson County Sheriff's Department observed penny-sized hail near Hoschton. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Hoschton | - | The public observed penny-sized hail near Hoschton and west of Jefferson near the Barrow county line. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hoschton | - | The public observed penny-sized hail in far western Jackson county near the Barrow county line. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Hoschton | - | The Jackson county 911 center reported that several creeks in the area quickly rose out of their banks rendering several roads flooded and impassable. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Hoschton | - | The Jackson county 911 center reported dime to quarter size hail. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braselton | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ednaville | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sells | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Thurmack | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Goochville | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Marcus (historical) | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pendergrass | 6.3 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hoschton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2025847 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356322. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





