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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hopeville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hopeville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hopeville, please Contact Us.
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 Hopeville (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 Hopeville. 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 Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes instead of the parish in which they lived: their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the west contained birth and death records; the parish to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Hopeville is historic, it would have been located within present day East Baton Rouge Parish.
To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of East Baton Rouge Parish: Ascension, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Saint Helena, West Baton Rouge & West Feliciana.
Below are the parishes that are near Hopeville. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hopeville:
- East Baton Rouge Parish (The home parish of Hopeville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Old Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Shenandoah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Perkins Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Woodshire Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Village Saint George
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Oak Hills Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Inniswold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Essen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Lynwood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Gardere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Monticello
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Hope Villa
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Oak Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Bullion
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bullion is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Prairieville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Little Prairie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Hobart
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Galvez Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
- Duplessis
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Galvez
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Dutch Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Claybank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Cornerview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Brignac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Belle Terre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Belle Alliance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Belle Rose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brulie Maurin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Freetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Bruly Saint Martin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Kessler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Lula
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Monty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Star
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Sweet Home
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Bayou Corne ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Corne is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Corne
- East Feliciana Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Slaughter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blairstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Lindsay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsay is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
- Bells Store ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bells Store is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Store
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Iberville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Saint Gabriel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Carville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Goula
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- White Castle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plaquemine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Grosse Tete
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rosedale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Port Vincent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Denham Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
- Former names for Denham Springs:
- Amite Springs
- Hill's Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <2>
- French Settlement
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Walker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Watson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Livingston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maurepas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oldfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Holden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Killian
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Starns
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Albany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Glynn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Rougon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Helena Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Grangeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Pine Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Montpelier
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Chatman Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Free Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Burton Lane
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Uncle Sam
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Convent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Saint James
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gramercy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Lutcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Paulina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vacherie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Vacherie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Mount Airy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Garyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Baptist
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
- Wadesboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Port Allen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Addis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <2>
- Brusly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <2>
- Lobdell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Carey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Devalls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
- Arbroth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arbroth is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbroth
- Erwinville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hopeville, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Hopeville.
Cemeteries Near Hopeville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hopeville.
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 Hopeville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hopeville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Hillman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Richards Gardens of Memory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Myford Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cann Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harelson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ficklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Resthaven Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. George Catholic Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- O'Neal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemeteries
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (237 more) ...
- Ealy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hebron Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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.
Hopeville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 125 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hopeville, with the one closest to Hopeville listed first.
- Galvez
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Dutch Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Port Vincent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Sunshine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Saint Gabriel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Southwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
- Geismar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gonzales
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gardere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Hohen Solms
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hohen Solms is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hohen Solms
- Saint Amant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Denham Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
- Former names for Denham Springs:
- Amite Springs
- Hill's Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <2>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- French Settlement
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Belle Helene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
- Walker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hopeville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hopeville.
Newspapers Published in Hopeville ...
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 3 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopeville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hopeville, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hopeville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Hopeville:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to East Baton Rouge Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Saint Helena Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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 Hopeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hopeville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |