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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 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 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 and doctors 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.

New Hope is located in Hennepin County.

To see how the shape of Minnesota's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hennepin County: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne & Wright.

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

  • Hennepin County     (The home county of New Hope)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Crystal
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Robbinsdale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Brooklyn Center
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Golden Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Medicine Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Plymouth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Brooklyn Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Osseo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Osseo is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,703 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osseo <1>
    • Maple Grove
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saint Louis Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hamel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hopkins
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Minneapolis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Anoka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Columbia Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Hilltop
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Hilltop is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 764 people
    • Fridley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Coon Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Coon Creek is located in Anoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Creek
    • Spring Lake Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Coon Rapids
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Anoka
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Blaine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lexington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Circle Pines
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Andover
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ramsey
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ham Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Carver County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Chanhassen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hazeltine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Hazeltine is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeltine
    • Victoria
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chaska
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Carver
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Dahlgren
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Dahlgren is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlgren
    • Watertown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Waconia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Mayer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cologne
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hydes Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Hydes Lake is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydes Lake
    • Hazelton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Hazelton is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
    • Gotha
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gotha is located in Carver County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotha
  • Chisago County
    • Wyoming
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dakota County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Lilydale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lilydale is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilydale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 838 people
    • Mendota
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mendota Heights
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Nicols
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Nicols is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicols
    • West Saint Paul
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Eagan is located in Dakota County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65,975 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagan <1>
    • Sunfish Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Burnsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • South Saint Paul
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Inver Grove Heights
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Apple Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosemount
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Isanti County
    • Crown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Crown is located in Isanti County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
  • Ramsey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Lauderdale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Lauderdale is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,484 people
    • New Brighton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Mounds View
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Arden Hills
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Falcon Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Roseville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Shoreview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Cardigan Junction
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Cardigan Junction is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardigan Junction
    • Little Canada
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • North Oaks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Saint Paul
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Vadnais Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Gem Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Gem Lake is located in Ramsey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 536 people
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Shakopee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Savage
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Prior Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Marystown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Marystown is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marystown
    • Credit River
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Credit River is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit River
    • Jordan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Sherburne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Elk River
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Zimmerman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Zimmerman is located in Sherburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,135 people
      • Zimmerman has also been known as:
      • Lake Fremont
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zimmerman <1>
    • Salida
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Salida is located in Sherburne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salida
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Birchwood Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Birchwood Village is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchwood Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 880 people
    • Dellwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Dellwood is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dellwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,120 people
    • Landfall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Landfall is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
    • Oakdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Oakdale is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,773 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <1>
    • Willernie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Mahtomedi
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Pine Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Pine Springs is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
    • Hugo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hugo is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,452 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hugo <1>
    • Newport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Duluth Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Duluth Junction is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth Junction
    • Grant
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Grant is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,107 people
    • Saint Paul Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Elmo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Wright County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Hanover
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rockford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Saint Michael
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Albertville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Otsego
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Delano
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Buffalo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Montrose
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Monticello
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Waverly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Rassat
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Rassat is located in Wright County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rassat
  • Saint Croix County (WI)
    • North Hudson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • North Hudson is located in Saint Croix County (WI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hudson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,833 people

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

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.<3>

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.

  • Crystal
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Robbinsdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Plymouth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Brooklyn Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Louis Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Maple Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Osseo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Osseo is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osseo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,703 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osseo <1>
  • Ditter
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ditter is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ditter
  • Fridley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Wayzata
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Minnetonka Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Minnetonka Mills is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnetonka Mills
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Hopkins
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Minneapolis
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Woodland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodland is located in Hennepin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people

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 356 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 20 miles [32.2 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 visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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>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>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.
<4>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- New Hope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.