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Welcome to Good Hope ...

Good Hope is located in Holmes County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Good Hope, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Good Hope, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Good Hope is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Good Hope lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Good Hope: (662)

Communities Also Named Good Hope ...

While we believe that this Good Hope is located in Holmes County, we know of another 4 Mississippi communities named Good Hope. Those communities are located in the following counties: Leake, Marion, Neshoba and Perry County.

Beyond Mississippi, there are 32 communities that are also named Good Hope - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (3), Texas (2), Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Good Hope ...

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

  • Yazoo City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
    • Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
    • Former names for Yazoo City:
    • Hannan's Bluff
    • Manchester
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <4>
  • Tchula
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tchula
    • Tchula is located in Holmes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
  • Belzoni
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lexington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Cruger
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cruger have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger
    • Cruger is located in Holmes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
  • Silver City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Silver City is located in Humphreys County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 279 people
  • Morgan City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
    • Morgan City is located in Leflore County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
  • Louise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louise have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
    • Louise is located in Humphreys County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
  • Eden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Eden is located in Yazoo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Bee Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lake
    • Bee Lake is located in Holmes County
    • Bee Lake has also been known as:
    • Bee Lake Plantation

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Good Hope ...

Looking for more information about Good 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 Good Hope, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Good Hope.

Adding Good Hope to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Good Hope in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Good Hope was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Good Hope in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Good Hope post office opened in 1910.

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Good Hope. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Holmes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Good Hope - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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