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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Hopewell is located in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Bartholomew, Brown, Marion, Morgan & Shelby.
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:
- Johnson County (The home county of Hopewell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bargersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Providence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- New Whiteland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- Whiteland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trafalgar
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Stones Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Anita ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Anita is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Bluff Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Amity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Samaria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Banta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Bartholomew County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Pleasant View Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant View Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View Village
- Taylorsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clifford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clifford is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 252 people
- Corn Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Corn Brook is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corn Brook
- Stony Lonesome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Stony Lonesome is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Lonesome
- Columbus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <1>
- Garden City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Jewell Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell Village
- Petersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Petersville is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersville
- Rugby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rugby is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Bethel Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Village is located in Bartholomew County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Village
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Spearsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Spearsville is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spearsville
- Beanblossom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beanblossom is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beanblossom
- Beanblossom has also been known as:
- Bean Blossom
- Helmsburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Helmsburg is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helmsburg
- Gnaw Bone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Nashville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Liberty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Liberty
- Pikes Peak
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak
- Story
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Story is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Becks Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Becks Grove is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
- Decatur County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Germantown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Germantown is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Saint Paul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Milford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Omer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Omer is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Omer
- Burney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Burney is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney
- Adams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adams is located in Decatur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Hamilton County
- North Ridge Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Ridge Village is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ridge Village
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- New Palestine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gem
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gem is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem
- Philadelphia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Philadelphia is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Spring Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Greenfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- McCordsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hendricks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Plainfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Avon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,361 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <1>
- Cartersburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hazelwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hazelwood is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Clayton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Danville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stilesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hadley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hadley is located in Hendricks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Southport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Homecroft
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Homecroft is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homecroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
- Acton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Acton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- West Newton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Newton is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newton
- Beech Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Charlesmac Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Charlesmac Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlesmac Village
- Camby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Indianapolis
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Warren Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Warren Park is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,574 people
- Speedway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cumberland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfington
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wolfington is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfington
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Unionville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dolan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dolan is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolan
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Waverly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Waverly is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Red House ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Red House is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Morgantown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Young
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Young is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Bethany
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bethany is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Brookmoor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brookmoor is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookmoor
- Mahalasville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mahalasville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahalasville
- Mooresville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Taggart Crossing ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taggart Crossing is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taggart Crossing
- Lake Hart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lake Hart is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Hart
- Owen County
- Gosport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rush County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Manilla
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Manilla is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manilla
- Gowdy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Gowdy is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowdy
- Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Homer is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- Moscow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Moscow is located in Rush County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Arlington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Boggstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- London
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- London is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
- Mount Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Auburn is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Auburn
- Clover Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Village
- Fairland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beech Brook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Beech Brook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Brook
- Candleglo Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Candleglo Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candleglo Village
- Flat Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hildebrand Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hildebrand Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand Village
- Riley Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Riley Village is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Village
- Shelbyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
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.
- Hopewell Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- First Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bargersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boles Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gilmore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Utterback Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harris Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dollings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Watts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Simpson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (417 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mulligans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carmen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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.<4>
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.
- Franklin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bargersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Providence
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Bud
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bud is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bud
- Whiteland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Trafalgar
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kinder
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kinder is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinder
- Stones Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stones Crossing is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stones Crossing
- Samaria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Samaria is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
- Amity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amity is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- Urmeyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Urmeyville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urmeyville
- Bluff Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff Creek is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Banta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Banta is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banta
- Chetwynd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Chetwynd is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetwynd
- Needham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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 68 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 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. 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 helpful 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 Johnson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartholomew County
- Brown County
- Decatur County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hendricks County
- Marion County
- Monroe County
- Morgan County
- Owen County
- Rush County
- Shelby 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hopewell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |