Welcome to Hopewell ...
So far, we found very little information about Hopewell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hopewell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hopewell, please Contact Us.
Hopewell would have been located within present day Pratt County<2>.
The location of Hopewell has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hopewell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Hopewell is 2,040 feet [622 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Hopewell was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Hopewell would have been located in the (620) area code.
Communities Also Named Hopewell ...
While we believe that this Hopewell is located in Pratt County, we know of another 2 Kansas communities named Hopewell. Those communities are located in the following counties: Johnson and Washington County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 85 communities that are also named Hopewell - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (6), Connecticut (2), Florida (2), Georgia (4), Illinois (2), Indiana (3), Kentucky (4), Maryland (2), Mississippi (6), Missouri (3), New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (2), Tennessee (9), Texas (5), Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia (4).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hopewell.
Communities near Hopewell ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hopewell.
- Pratt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
- Pratt is located in Pratt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,463 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pratt <5>
- Saint John
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint John have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Saint John is located in Stafford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,139 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint John <5>
- Haviland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haviland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Haviland is located in Kiowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haviland <5>
- Macksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksville
- Macksville is located in Stafford County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macksville <5>
- Lewis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Lewis is located in Edwards County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis <5>
- Iuka
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Cullison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullison
- Cullison is located in Pratt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Belpre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
- Belpre is located in Edwards County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Byers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Trousdale ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Hopewell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hopewell.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hopewell. 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 Hopewell.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopewell. See our Newspapers Page for Hopewell.
Adding Hopewell to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hopewell in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hopewell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Hopewell post office opened in 1904.
We also found Hopewell on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hopewell.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Pratt County: www.prattcounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Pratt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hopewell - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |