Hodgson is a

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in Bowie County,

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, United States.

History

Hodgson was first settled by loggers and farmers , and emerged following the

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. A post office operated from 1893 to 1904, and its first postmaster, John J. Hodgson, was the namesake of Hodgson. By the 1940s, the town had a population of 35.

References

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