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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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 New Hope (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 New Hope. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

New Hope is located in Calhoun County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Calhoun County: Bay, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson & Liberty.

Below are the counties that are near New Hope. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Hope:

  • Calhoun County     (The home county of New Hope)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Marysville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Blountstown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • McNeal ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • McNeal is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeal
    • Clarksville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Chipola
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
    • Kinard
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Altha
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ocheesee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
  • Bay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Fountain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Youngstown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Gadsden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Sycamore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Greensboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • River Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • River Junction is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
    • Chattahoochee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gretna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Douglas City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Douglas City is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
    • Mount Pleasant
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gulf County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Wewahitchka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Wetappo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Wetappo is located in Gulf County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetappo
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Cypress
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Grand Ridge
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Inwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Inwood is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Sneads
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Marianna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Alford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Estiffanulga
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
    • Bristol
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lewis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Lewis is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
    • Telogia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Central City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Central City is located in Liberty County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Hosford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Sumatra
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Hope, see our County-by-County Page for New Hope.

Cemeteries Near New Hope ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Hope.

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 New Hope - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Hope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.

  • Woods Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Wood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Boggs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Humility Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bristol Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ayers Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Barfield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Mitchum Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Nettle Ridge Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • McClellan Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (81 more) ...
    • Victory Hill Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bailey Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pippin Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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.<3>

While we didn't find New Hope in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Hope.

These communities are listed based on their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.

  • Estiffanulga
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Estiffanulga is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estiffanulga
  • Marysville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Marysville is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Abe Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Abe Springs is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abe Springs
  • Blountstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bristol
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lewis is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Orange
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Orange is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Chipola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Chipola is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipola
  • Selman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Selman is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selman
  • Rock Bluff
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock Bluff is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
  • Ocheesee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ocheesee is located in Calhoun County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocheesee
  • Alliance
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Alliance is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Wewahitchka
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Sycamore
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Sycamore is located in Gadsden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
    • Cypress
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Hope. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Hope.

Newspapers Published in New Hope ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Hope.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Hope, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Hope.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 New Hope:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 New Hope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Hope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.