Do you know of Mount Hope ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mount Hope. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Mount Hope.

We found mention of Mount Hope as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in McLean County, Illinois.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1848 and closed in 1857.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Mount Hope ...

We found 43 communities that share the name Mount Hope.

There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Mount Hope.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 42 communities, 40 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Cook County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Mount Hope [Cook County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Hope [Lawrence County].
  - Walker County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Hope [Walker County].
- California
  - San Diego County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Mount Hope [San Diego County].
- Connecticut
  - Tolland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Mount Hope [Tolland County].
- Georgia
  - Floyd County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mount Hope [Floyd County].
- Indiana
  - DeKalb County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mount Hope [DeKalb County].
- Kansas
  - Douglas County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Hope [Douglas County].
  - Sedgwick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Hope [Sedgwick County].
  - Wabaunsee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Hope [Wabaunsee County].
- Kentucky
  - Rowan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Hope [Rowan County].
- Maine
  - Penobscot County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Mount Hope [Penobscot County].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mount Hope [Baltimore City].
  - Charles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mount Hope [Charles County].
- Massachusetts
  - Suffolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Mount Hope [Suffolk County].
- Missouri
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mount Hope [Franklin County].
  - Lafayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mount Hope [Lafayette County].
- Nevada
  - Eureka County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Mount Hope [Eureka County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Mount Hope.
- New Jersey
  - Morris County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Mount Hope [Morris County].
- New York
  - Orange County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Mount Hope [Orange County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Mount Hope [Washington County].
  - Westchester County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Mount Hope [Westchester County].
- Ohio
  - Holmes County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Hope [Holmes County].
  - Licking County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Hope [Licking County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Mount Hope.
- Pennsylvania
  - Adams County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Hope [Adams County].
  - Clearfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Hope [Clearfield County].
  - Crawford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Hope [Crawford County].
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Hope [Cumberland County].
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Hope [Fayette County].
  - Lancaster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Hope [Lancaster County].
  - Northampton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Hope [Northampton County].
- Prince Edward Island
  - Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Mount Hope.
- Tennessee
  - Dyer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Hope [Dyer County].
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Hope [Greene County].
- Virginia
  - Shenandoah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mount Hope [Shenandoah County].
- Washington
  - Spokane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Mount Hope [Spokane County].
- West Virginia
  - Boone County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mount Hope [Boone County].
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mount Hope [Fayette County].
  - Roane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mount Hope [Roane County].
  - Wood County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mount Hope [Wood County].
- Wisconsin
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Mount Hope [Grant County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mount Hope ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mount Hope:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in McLean County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in McLean County.

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Mount Hope could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

<2>

A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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