| Meet Hoffman |
The town of Hoffman has been steadily improving itself in recent
years. Hoffman now boasts a new town hall and town seal.
The town hall is still in the same building as the local fire
department, but now sports a commssioners' bench and a tax
collection office.
The colorful town seal illustrates Hoffman town values with pictures
of children playing in front of a church, people fishing and local
wildlife.
Hoffman Elementary School houses a small adult library for
residents who don't often make it to the Rockingham and Hamlet
libraries for books.
Improvements also have been made on the Beaver Dam Community
Center, which has become a community gathering place for barbecues
and children's activities. There are even plans to make the center into
a community soup kitchen for the needy several times a month.
Though still a small, tight-knit community, Hoffman has come a
long way since it first drew notice in the 1800s for its huge longleaf
pine trees that attracted a number of timber companies.
They cut timber and harvested turpentine. A turpentine distillery
was located in the area.
In 1876, the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line railroad reached Hoffman.
The railroad line through Hoffman enabled forest products to be
moved out of Hoffman.
Later, the state and federal governments restored the land after
most of the pine trees had been harvested. There are many lakes in
the area around Hoffman in the Sandhills Game Land. Indian Camp
Ground lake was recently restored.
Horseback riding, hunting and fishing are still popular in the area.
The second of the first high schools in Richmond County was built
in Hoffman. It is now gone, but the elementary school remains.
Hoffman was formed about 1877 as a stop on the new rail line. The
post office opened in 1878.
On Feb. 3, 1899 the town was incorporated. The original charter was
revoked, and the town had to be reincorporated in 1913.
Hoffman was named for Richard Curzon Hoffman, president of the
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Co.
Hoffman is close to Camp Mackall, which is home to the U.S. Army
Special Forces training facility. It still has an active airfield. The field
was once the largest in the country made of concrete.
The first portable airfield also was constructed near Hoffman for
gliders where troops trained.
The population of Hoffman has fluctuated from 338 in 1950 to 434
in 1970 to 364 in 1990. The 2000 census listed the population at 624.
years. Hoffman now boasts a new town hall and town seal.
The town hall is still in the same building as the local fire
department, but now sports a commssioners' bench and a tax
collection office.
The colorful town seal illustrates Hoffman town values with pictures
of children playing in front of a church, people fishing and local
wildlife.
Hoffman Elementary School houses a small adult library for
residents who don't often make it to the Rockingham and Hamlet
libraries for books.
Improvements also have been made on the Beaver Dam Community
Center, which has become a community gathering place for barbecues
and children's activities. There are even plans to make the center into
a community soup kitchen for the needy several times a month.
Though still a small, tight-knit community, Hoffman has come a
long way since it first drew notice in the 1800s for its huge longleaf
pine trees that attracted a number of timber companies.
They cut timber and harvested turpentine. A turpentine distillery
was located in the area.
In 1876, the Raleigh & Augusta Air Line railroad reached Hoffman.
The railroad line through Hoffman enabled forest products to be
moved out of Hoffman.
Later, the state and federal governments restored the land after
most of the pine trees had been harvested. There are many lakes in
the area around Hoffman in the Sandhills Game Land. Indian Camp
Ground lake was recently restored.
Horseback riding, hunting and fishing are still popular in the area.
The second of the first high schools in Richmond County was built
in Hoffman. It is now gone, but the elementary school remains.
Hoffman was formed about 1877 as a stop on the new rail line. The
post office opened in 1878.
On Feb. 3, 1899 the town was incorporated. The original charter was
revoked, and the town had to be reincorporated in 1913.
Hoffman was named for Richard Curzon Hoffman, president of the
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Co.
Hoffman is close to Camp Mackall, which is home to the U.S. Army
Special Forces training facility. It still has an active airfield. The field
was once the largest in the country made of concrete.
The first portable airfield also was constructed near Hoffman for
gliders where troops trained.
The population of Hoffman has fluctuated from 338 in 1950 to 434
in 1970 to 364 in 1990. The 2000 census listed the population at 624.
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