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Welcome to New Hope ...

New Hope is located in Caroline County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Hope, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

New Hope is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: New Hope lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for New Hope: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities Also Named New Hope ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Maryland communities named New Hope: This one is located in Caroline County and the other is located in Wicomico County.

Beyond Maryland, there are 119 communities that are also named New Hope - they are located in Alabama (12), Arizona, Arkansas (11), California, Florida (4), Georgia (8), Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (8), Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (11), Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3), South Dakota, Tennessee (17), Texas (15), Virginia (4), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Hope.

Communities near New Hope ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Hope.

  • Easton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Cambridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Seaford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Seaford is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seaford <4>
  • Centreville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Denton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Federalsburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Bridgeville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hurlock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Greensboro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)

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 New Hope. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Hope.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Hope. 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 New Hope.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Hope. See our Newspapers Page for New Hope.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Hope ...

Looking for more information about New Hope? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to New Hope, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Hope.

Adding New Hope to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Hope in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for New Hope was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the New Hope post office opened in 1849. The New Hope post office closed in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Hope.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Caroline, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Hope - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the New Hope area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the New Hope area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/