Welcome to New Hope ...So far, we found very little information about New Hope. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added New Hope to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Hope, please Contact Us. New Hope would have been located within present day Wabash County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of New Hope, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852. While the community is gone, the present day location for New Hope is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where New Hope was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from New Hope (for example, toward Petersburg (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The Area Codes where New Hope was located: 618 & 730<4> Communities Also Named New Hope ...While we believe that this New Hope is located in Wabash County, we know of another 2 Illinois communities named New Hope. Those communities are located in the following counties: Saline and Williamson County. Beyond Illinois, there are 119 communities that are also named New Hope - they are located in Alabama (12), Arizona, Arkansas (11), California, Florida (4), Georgia (8), Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (8), Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (11), Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3), South Dakota, Tennessee (17), Texas (15), Virginia (4), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Hope. Communities near New Hope ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Hope.
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 New Hope. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Hope. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Hope. 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 New Hope. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Hope. See our Newspapers Page for New Hope. Adding New Hope to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of New Hope in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for New Hope was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for New Hope. Footnotes ...
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