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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 Good 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 Good 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.

Name Variations for Good Hope ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Another variation: Goodhope.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Good Hope. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Good Hope.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 and doctors 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.

Good Hope is located in Leake County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Leake County: Attala, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Scott & Winston.

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

  • Leake County     (The home county of Good Hope)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Good Hope, with the one closest to Good Hope listed first.
    • Lena
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuscola
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Tuscola is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
    • Carthage
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Walnut Grove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Saint Ann
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Saint Ann is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
    • Redwater
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Redwater is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwater
    • Standing Pine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Standing Pine is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
    • High Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • High Hill is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
    • Coosa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Coosa is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosa
  • Attala County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Good Hope, with the one closest to Good Hope listed first.
    • Newport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Newport is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Zemuly
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Zemuly is located in Attala County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemuly
    • Sallis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Kosciusko
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Holmes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Good Hope, with the one closest to Good Hope listed first.
    • Pickens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Goodman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Good Hope, with the one closest to Good Hope listed first.
    • Camden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sharon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Sharon is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
    • Madisonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Madisonville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madisonville
    • Cobbville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Cobbville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
    • Maris Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Maris Town is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maris Town
    • Sharpsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Sharpsburg is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsburg
    • Canton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Davis
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Davis is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
    • Mill Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Mill Town is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Town
    • Madison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Neshoba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Good Hope, with the one closest to Good Hope listed first.
    • Dowdville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Dowdville is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowdville
    • Laurel Hill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Laurel Hill is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hill
    • Dixon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Dixon is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Hope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Hope is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Pearl River
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pearl River is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl River
    • Neshoba
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Neshoba is located in Neshoba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neshoba
  • Newton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Good Hope, with the one closest to Good Hope listed first.
    • Conehatta
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Conehatta is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conehatta
    • Lucern
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Lucern is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucern
    • Stamper ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Stamper is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamper
    • Union
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Pine Bluff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine Bluff is located in Newton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Bluff
  • Rankin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Good Hope, with the one closest to Good Hope listed first.
    • Sand Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sand Hill is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
    • Goshen Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Goshen Springs is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Springs
    • Fannin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Fannin is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannin
    • Pelahatchie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Scott County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Good Hope, with the one closest to Good Hope listed first.
    • Cash
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cash is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
    • Ludlow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ludlow is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
    • Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Beach is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
    • Clifton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Clifton is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
    • Harperville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Harperville is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville
    • Branch
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Branch is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Sebastopol
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Kalem
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Kalem is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalem
    • Raworth
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Raworth is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raworth
    • Morton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Forest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunter Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hunter Town is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Town
    • Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Smith County
    • Polkville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Polkville is located in Smith County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Winston County
    • Vowell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Vowell is located in Winston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vowell
  • Yazoo County
    • Vaughan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Vaughan is located in Yazoo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughan

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

Cemeteries Near Good Hope ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Good 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 Good Hope - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Rising Chapel Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Good Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Lena Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Harmony Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Dumas Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • McDonald Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Coward Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Slay Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Ludlow Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (336 more) ...
    • Cash Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Robinson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pearson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Good Hope had a population of 27 people in 1895 with railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Lena
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Cash
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cash is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
  • Tuscola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Tuscola is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscola
  • Ludlow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ludlow is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
  • Ofahoma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ofahoma is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofahoma
  • Millville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Millville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
  • Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Beach is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
  • Lillian
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lillian is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillian
  • Freeny
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Freeny is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeny
  • Carthage
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Walnut Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Saint Ann
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Saint Ann is located in Leake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Ann
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Standing Pine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Standing Pine is located in Leake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Pine
    • Eureka
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Eureka is located in Rankin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Harperville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Harperville is located in Scott County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harperville

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

Newspapers Published in Good 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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Good Hope.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Good Hope, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Good 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 Good 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 Good 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Good Hope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.