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Welcome to Hopewell ...

Hopewell is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hopewell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Hopewell is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hopewell lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hopewell: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Hopewell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Florida communities named Hopewell: This one is located in Madison County and the other is located in Hillsborough County.

Beyond Florida, there are 85 communities that are also named Hopewell - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (6), Connecticut (2), Georgia (4), Illinois (2), Indiana (3), Kansas (3), Kentucky (4), Maryland (2), Mississippi (6), Missouri (3), New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (9), Texas (5), Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia (4).

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

Communities near Hopewell ...

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

  • Madison
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Greenville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • McIntyre Spring ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • McIntyre Spring is located in Brooks County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre Spring
    • Estimated population in 2019: 605 people
  • Lee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Lee is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 333 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <4>
  • Shady Grove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cherry Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Cherry Lake is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
  • Hamburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hamburg is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Day
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dowling Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dowling Park is located in Suwannee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowling Park
  • Pinetta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hopewell ...

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

Adding Hopewell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hopewell 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 Hopewell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hopewell post office opened in 1899. The Hopewell post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hopewell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hopewell - 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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Hopewell area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Hopewell 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/