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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hopefield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hopefield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hopefield, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Hopefield (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Hopefield. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Hopefield is historic, it would have been located within present day Crittenden County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Crittenden County: Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Poinsett, Saint Francis, DeSoto (MS), Tunica (MS), Shelby (TN) & Tipton (TN).
Below are the counties that are near Hopefield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hopefield:
- Crittenden County (The home county of Hopefield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Mound City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Hulbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- West Memphis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Amanca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amanca is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanca
- James Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- James Mill is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Mill
- Jericho
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jericho is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
- Clarkedale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Clarkedale is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Edmondson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Edmondson is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Crawfordsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Anthonyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anthonyville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthonyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 148 people
- Cross County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Twist
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Twist is located in Cross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twist
- Parkin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lee County
- Bledsoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bledsoe is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bledsoe
- Mississippi County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Frenchmans Bayou
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Frenchmans Bayou is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchmans Bayou
- Birdsong
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Birdsong is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Joiner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Joiner is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 495 people
- Denwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Denwood is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denwood
- Bardstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bardstown is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardstown
- Bassett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bassett is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Whitton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whitton is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitton
- Wilson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wilson is located in Mississippi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
- Dyess
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Poinsett County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Black Oak
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Black Oak is located in Poinsett County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Oak
- Tyronza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Francis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Heth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hughes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- DeSoto County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Southhaven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Southhaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southhaven
- Horn Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lynchburg is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Walls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Walls is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,441 people
- Former name for Walls:
- Alpika
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walls <2>
- Aldens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Aldens is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldens
- De Soto Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- De Soto Village is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto Village
- Southaven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Glover is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
- Norfolk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norfolk is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Olive Branch
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Memphis is located in DeSoto County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lake Cormorant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Barton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Barton is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Byhalia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayce is located in Marshall County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayce
- Tunica County (MS)
- Banks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Banks is located in Tunica County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
- Fayette County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Canadaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Canadaville is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadaville
- Piperton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Piperton is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piperton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,128 people
- Elba
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Elba is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
- Hickory Withe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hickory Withe is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Withe
- Gallaway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Bethel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- New Bethel is located in Fayette County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
- Rossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shelby County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Memphis
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hunt Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunt Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 1,234 people
- Binghampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Binghampton is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binghampton
- The Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- The Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Oakville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Ramsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ramsey is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Giles Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Giles Town is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
- Parkway Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parkway Village is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway Village
- Lucy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lucy is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
- Spring Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
- Capleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Capleville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capleville
- Tipton County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Wilkinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkinsville is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinsville
- Corona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Corona is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Drummonds
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Atoka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Munford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Idaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Idaville is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Brighton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clopton is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
- Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
- Gilt Edge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilt Edge is located in Tipton County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilt Edge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hopefield, see our County-by-County Page for Hopefield.
Cemeteries Near Hopefield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hopefield.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Hopefield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hopefield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Temple Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Son of Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hollywood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Baron Hirsch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Potters Field
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (321 more) ...
- New Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery is located in Memphis (TN).
- The St. Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Central Avenue Cemetery
- Ridge High Cemetery
- St. Johns Episcopal Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1164395 <3>
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Hopefield itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hopefield, with the one closest to Hopefield listed first.
- Memphis
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mound City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mound City is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Almont ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Almont is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almont
- Frayser
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Frayser is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frayser
- Hulbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hulbert is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulbert
- Buntyn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buntyn is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buntyn
- Bellevue
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bellevue is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- West Memphis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Riceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riceville is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gavin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gavin is located in Crittenden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gavin
- Whitehaven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whitehaven is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehaven
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Oakville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakville is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Berclair
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Berclair is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berclair
- Raleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Raleigh is located in Shelby County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hopefield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hopefield.
Newspapers Published in Hopefield ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 223 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopefield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hopefield, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hopefield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Hopefield:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Crittenden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cross County
- Lee County
- Mississippi County
- Poinsett County
- Saint Francis County
- DeSoto County
- Marshall County
- Tunica County
- Fayette County
- Shelby County
- Tipton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hopefield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hopefield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |