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Welcome to Hopeful ...

Hopeful is located in Talladega County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hopeful, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Hopeful is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hopeful lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Hopeful (for example, toward Ephesus (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Hopeful: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Hopeful ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Hopeful - they are located in Georgia (2) and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hopeful.

Communities near Hopeful ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hopeful.

  • Oxford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Anniston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Talladega
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lincoln
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Weaver
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Weaver is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,030 people
  • Riverside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Lineville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ashland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ashland is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
  • Munford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hobson City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hopeful. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hopeful.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hopeful. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hopeful.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopeful. See our Newspapers Page for Hopeful.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hopeful ...

Looking for more information about Hopeful? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hopeful, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hopeful.

Adding Hopeful to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hopeful in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hopeful was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hopeful post office opened in 1888. The Hopeful post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hopeful.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Talladega, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hopeful - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Hopeful area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Hopeful area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/