Our Genealogy Helper
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 Hopewell (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 Hopewell. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Hopewell is located in Warren County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Warren County: Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery & Saint Charles.
Below are the counties that are near Hopewell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hopewell:
- Warren County (The home county of Hopewell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Treloar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Innsbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Innsbrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Innsbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
- Innsbrook has also been known as:
- Innsbrook village
- Marthasville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Truesdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Truesdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
- Warrenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dutzow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Village of Three Creeks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Village of Three Creeks is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Three Creeks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Village of Three Creeks has also been known as:
- Three Creeks village
- Pendleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Wright City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Dundee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- New Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Etlah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Etlah is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etlah
- Campbellton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Campbellton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellton
- Berger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dissen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dissen is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dissen
- Clover Bottom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Clover Bottom is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Bottom
- Detmold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Detmold is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detmold
- Kiel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kiel is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiel
- Fourmile Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fourmile Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourmile Corner
- Kohl City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kohl City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohl City
- Gasconade County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Little Berger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Little Berger is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Berger
- Hermann
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gasconade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Rosebud
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Sterling is located in Gasconade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Sterling
- Owensville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson County
- Lake Tekakwitha
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Tekakwitha is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tekakwitha
- Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Hawk Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Moscow Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Troy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Truxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Truxton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truxton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 106 people
- Cave
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cave is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6 people
- Chain-of-Rocks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chain-of-Rocks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain-of-Rocks
- Population from the 2020 Census: 105 people
- Fountain N' Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fountain N' Lakes is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain N' Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Fountain N' Lakes has also been known as:
- Fountain N' Lakes village
- Mackville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Mackville is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackville
- Davis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Davis is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Old Monroe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Olney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Olney is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
- Briscoe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Briscoe is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Jonesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- McKittrick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- High Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Big Spring is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Rhineland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Florence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Starkenburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Starkenburg is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkenburg
- Americus
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Americus is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Bellflower
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bellflower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellflower
- Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people
- Danville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bluffton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bluffton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Montgomery City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Foristell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Melle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Schluersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Schluersburg is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schluersburg
- Augusta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wentzville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Defiance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Saint Louis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Josephville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Josephville is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josephville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Dardenne Prairie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Weldon Spring Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Weldon Spring Heights is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon Spring Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
- Saint Paul
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,796 people
- Saint Louis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Melrose
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hollow is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow
- Wildwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Grover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gumbo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gumbo is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gumbo
- Allenton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Allenton is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
- Clarkson Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Clarkson Valley is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,604 people
- Glencoe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chesterfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ellisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yeatman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Yeatman is located in Saint Louis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatman
- Eureka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hopewell, see our County-by-County Page for Hopewell.
Cemeteries Near Hopewell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hopewell.
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 Hopewell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hopewell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Smith Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haase Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Begeman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nortmann Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Assumption Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Haven Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newport Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Newport Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the west of Washington.
- Old Bryan Farm Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rattle Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (303 more) ...
- Kimmich Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millers Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Hopewell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hopewell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Holstein
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holstein is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holstein
- Kruegerville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kruegerville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kruegerville
- Pinckney
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pinckney is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinckney
- Dundee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dundee is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee
- Marthasville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Etlah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Etlah is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etlah
- Truesdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Truesdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 922 people
- Dutzow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Campbellton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Campbellton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbellton
- Cappeln
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cappeln is located in Saint Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cappeln
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pendleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Berger
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Washington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hopewell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hopewell.
Newspapers Published in Hopewell ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopewell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hopewell, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hopewell.
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 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 Hopewell:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Gasconade County
- Jefferson County
- Lincoln County
- Montgomery County
- Saint Charles County
- Saint Louis County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hopewell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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. |