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Welcome to Hopeton ...

Hopeton is located in Merced County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hopeton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1866.

Hopeton is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hopeton lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hopeton: 209 & 350<3>

Communities Also Named Hopeton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Hopeton - they are located in New York, Oklahoma and Virginia.

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

Communities near Hopeton ...

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

  • Merced
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Turlock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlock
    • Turlock is located in Stanislaus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73,059 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turlock <4>
  • Atwater
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Livingston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Waterford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hughson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Amsterdam
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amsterdam
    • Amsterdam is located in Merced County
  • Arundel ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arundel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arundel
    • Arundel is located in Merced County
  • Snelling
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • The Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Grove
    • The Grove is located in Merced County

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 Hopeton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hopeton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hopeton. 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 Hopeton.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hopeton ...

Looking for more information about Hopeton? 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 Hopeton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hopeton.

Adding Hopeton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hopeton 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 for Hopeton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Hopeton post office opened in 1866.

We also found Hopeton in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hopeton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Merced, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hopeton - 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 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Hopeton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Hopeton 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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