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 Hopewell (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 Hopewell. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Hopewell is located in DeKalb County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of DeKalb County: Allen, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Defiance (OH) & Williams (OH).
Below are the counties that are near Hopewell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hopewell:
- DeKalb County (The home county of Hopewell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Spencerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- New Era
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Saint Joe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Garrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Altona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Butler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corunna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corunna is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corunna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Fairfield Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fairfield Center is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Center
- Ashley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Adams County
- Preble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Leo-Cedarville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Leo-Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo-Cedarville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
- Leo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grabill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harlan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huntertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hacienda Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hacienda Village is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hacienda Village
- Wallen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wallen is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallen
- Ari
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ari is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ari
- Woodburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dunn Mill is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn Mill
- New Haven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fort Wayne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Anthony Wayne Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Huntington County
- Roanoke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- LaGrange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Gravel Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gravel Beach is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Beach
- South Milford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Milford is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
- Stroh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stroh is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroh
- Wolcottville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Prairie is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Prairie
- Valentine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Valentine is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valentine
- Plato
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plato is located in LaGrange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plato
- Mongo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Noble County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Laotto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Avilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ege
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ege is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ege
- Kendallville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wakeville Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wakeville Village is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakeville Village
- Green Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Green Center is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Center
- Merriam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Merriam is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam
- Brimfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brimfield is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Rome City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Albion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Port Mitchell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Port Mitchell is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Mitchell
- Wolf Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lake is located in Noble County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lake
- Wawaka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Hudson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hamilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hamilton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,595 people
- Russels Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Russels Point is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russels Point
- Pleasant Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Lake is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lake
- Alvarado
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alvarado is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
- Angola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- York is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Wells County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Ossian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Zanesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Churubusco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Collins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Collins is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- Dunfee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dunfee is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunfee
- Tri-Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tri-Lakes is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tri-Lakes
- Cresco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cresco is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresco
- Columbia City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ormas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ormas is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormas
- Etna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Etna is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lorane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lorane is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorane
- Defiance County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Hicksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ney is located in Defiance County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ney <1>
- Paulding County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Link ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Link is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Link
- Antwerp
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxdale ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Knoxdale is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxdale
- Payne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Payne <1>
- Cecil
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cecil is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Population from the 2020 Census: 177 people
- New Rochester ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- New Rochester is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rochester
- McGill ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- McGill is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Worstville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Worstville is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worstville
- Batson ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Batson is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batson
- Emmett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Emmett is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
- Emmett has also been known as:
- Emerald Station
- Emerald
- Paulding
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tipton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tipton is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
- Latty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Latty is located in Paulding County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 180 people
- Van Wert County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Dixon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Dixon is located in Van Wert County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Convoy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Scott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Williams County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Edgerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Denmark is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Blakeslee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Edon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Edon is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edon <1>
- Melbern
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Melbern is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbern
- Bryan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bryan is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,212 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bryan <1>
- Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Cooney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cooney is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
- Ainger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ainger is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainger
- Montpelier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pulaski is located in Williams County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hopewell, see our County-by-County Page for Hopewell.
Cemeteries Near Hopewell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hopewell.
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 Hopewell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hopewell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Watson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Schlatter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- White City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Concord Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Auburn.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #84950 <2>
- Roselawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jenkins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mott Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (266 more) ...
- Yaggy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cosper Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Hopewell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hopewell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Hursh
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hursh is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hursh
- Leo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Concord
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concord is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Cedarville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedarville is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Spencerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Auburn Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Auburn Junction is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Junction
- Saint Johns
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saint Johns is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
- New Era
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Era is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Era
- Auburn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harlan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garrett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Huntertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Moore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Moore is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
- Altona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Altona is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
- Halls Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Halls Corners is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hopewell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hopewell.
Newspapers Published in Hopewell ...
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 110 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopewell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hopewell, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hopewell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites 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 Hopewell:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to DeKalb County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Allen County
- Huntington County
- LaGrange County
- Noble County
- Steuben County
- Wells County
- Whitley County
- Defiance County
- Paulding County
- Van Wert County
- Williams County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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 Hopewell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hopewell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |