Hogsett is an unincorporated community on the east bank of the Ohio River in Mason County, West Virginia, USA. It is on West Virginia Route 2, some south-southwest of Point Pleasant at the mouth of Flatfoot Creek. This region has been known as Mercers Bottom since the late 18th century.
The community of Hogsett was originally known as "Hogsett Landing" (a minor river access point) after a local dry goods merchant and grocer — Charles W. Hogsett (1856-1913) — whose parents located there in the late 1840s. In 1885, Hogsett became the official postmaster of "Hogsett Post Office"The Weekly Register, Point Pleasant, West Virginia; Wednesday, April 08, 1885, pg 3. which closed in 1967.United States Post Office Department, Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832–1971, NARA Microfilm Publication M841, West Virginia, Mason County.
The closest named community near Hogsett is Ben Lomond, about a mile away.
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