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Introduction ...

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.

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 New Hope (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 New Hope. 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 southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next parish to the east. 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 east 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 New Hope is historic, it would have been located within present day Lafourche 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 Lafourche Parish: Assumption, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist & Terrebonne.

Below are the parishes that are near New Hope. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Hope:

  • Lafourche Parish     (The home parish of New Hope)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Mathews
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Raceland Junction
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
    • Raceland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Godchaux
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
    • Lockport
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Gheens
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bayou Blue
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
    • Kraemer
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Larose
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Acadia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
    • Thibodaux
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cut Off
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Assumption Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Brule
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Brule is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brule
    • Chula
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Chula is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Labadieville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove Plantation
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Leche
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Leche is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leche
    • Albemarle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Albemarle is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
    • Georgia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Georgia is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia
    • Supreme
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Supreme is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Supreme
    • Ingleside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Rosedale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Rosedale is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Woodlawn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Himalaya
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Himalaya is located in Assumption Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Himalaya
  • Jefferson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Avondale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Waggaman
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Barataria
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Harahan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • River Ridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jean Lafitte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jean Lafitte is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Lafitte
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
    • Lafitte
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Crown Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Estelle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Estelle is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estelle
    • Bridge City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kenner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Kenner is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenner
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,288 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenner <2>
  • Saint Charles Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Des Allemands
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bayou Gauche
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayou Gauche is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Gauche
    • Camardelle
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Camardelle is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camardelle
    • Chaudiere Casse
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Chaudiere Casse is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaudiere Casse
    • Tabatiere Perdue
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Tabatiere Perdue is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabatiere Perdue
    • Vallier
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
    • Paradis
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Boutte
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mimosa Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Mimosa Park is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
    • Luling
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Davis is located in Saint Charles Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Destrehan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint James Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • South Vacherie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • South Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vacherie
    • North Vacherie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
    • Paulina
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Vacherie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lutcher
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Lutcher is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutcher
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lutcher <2>
    • Lagan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
    • Gramercy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Hester
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hester is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
    • Saint James
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Burton Lane
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
    • Convent
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Uncle Sam
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Edgard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Reserve
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Garyville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Mount Airy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Wallace
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
    • Laplace
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Frenier
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
  • Terrebonne Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Bourg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Bayou Cane
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
    • Broadmoor
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Houma
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <2>
    • Gray
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Magnolia Plantation
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
    • Minerva Plantation
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
    • Schriever
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Montegut
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Ardoyne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
    • Chauvin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Point Barre
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Point Barre is located in Terrebonne Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Barre

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Hope, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for New Hope.

Cemeteries Near New Hope ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Hope.

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 New Hope - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Hope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.

  • Hadley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Holy Savior Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Savior Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Savior Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Lockport.
    • The Holy Savior Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Savior Catholic Church Cemetery
    • Holy Savior Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1286890 <3>
  • New Fountain Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bell Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Matherne Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Third Zion Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Myrtle Grove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Ann Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Des Allemands Mennonite Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Butler Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (71 more) ...
    • Bayou Gauche Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • St. John Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Bisland Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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.

While we didn't find New Hope in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Hope.

These communities are listed based on their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.

  • Raceland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lockport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Gheens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Ewing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ewing is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewing
  • Des Allemands
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Houma
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Houma is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,467 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Houma <2>
  • Southdown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Southdown is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southdown
  • Vallier
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
  • Thibodaux Junction
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Thibodaux Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thibodaux Junction
  • Central
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Central is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Ellendale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ellendale is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
  • Crescent
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Crescent is located in Terrebonne Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Schriever
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Montegut
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Thibodaux
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Hope. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Hope.

Newspapers Published in New Hope ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Hope.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Hope, 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 New Hope.

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 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 New Hope:

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 New Hope, 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- New Hope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.