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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about New Hope. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added New Hope to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Hope, please Contact Us.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of New Hope is historic, it would have been located within present day Iredell County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Iredell County: Alexander, Cabarrus, Catawba, Davie, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan & Yadkin.

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:

  • Iredell County     (The home county of New Hope)
  • Alexander County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Vashti
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rocky Springs is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
    • Hiddenite
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Midway
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Midway is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Stony Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairview Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fairview Park is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
    • Taylorsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Isenhour Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Isenhour Park is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isenhour Park
    • Liledoun
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Liledoun is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liledoun
    • Millersville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Millersville is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
    • Taylorsville Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Taylorsville Beach is located in Alexander County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville Beach
    • Ellendale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Alleghany County
  • Caldwell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Downsville ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Downsville is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downsville
    • Draco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Kings Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Concord ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Concord is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
    • Northlakes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Northlakes is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northlakes
    • Cedar Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Rock is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
      • Cedar Rock has also been known as:
      • Cedar Rock village
    • Cilley ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Cilley is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cilley
    • Emanuel ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Emanuel is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emanuel
    • Granite Falls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Catawba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Sunrise Beach
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunrise Beach is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
    • Catfish
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Oxford Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Oxford Park is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford Park
    • Catawba
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Long Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Long Island is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island
    • Claremont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Monbo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Monbo is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monbo
    • Murrays Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Murrays Hill is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrays Hill
    • Saint Stephens
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Stephens is located in Catawba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
    • Conover
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Witherspoon Crossroad
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bandy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Davie County
  • Forsyth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Grapewood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Grapewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapewood
    • Cinnamon Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Cinnamon Ridge is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Ridge
    • Eaglewood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Eaglewood is located in Forsyth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglewood
    • Lewisville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Rowan County
  • Surry County
  • Wilkes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Zimmerman ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
    • New Castle ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • New Castle is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
    • Clingman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Brier Creek ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Brier Creek is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier Creek
    • Roaring River
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Roaring River is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaring River
    • Fletcher ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Fletcher is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
    • Moravian Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ronda
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Henderson ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Henderson is located in Wilkes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
    • North Wilkesboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilkesboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Adley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Yadkin County

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.

New Hope itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Lovelace ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lovelace is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
  • Zimmerman ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Zimmerman is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimmerman
  • Osbornville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Osbornville is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osbornville
  • New Castle ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • New Castle is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
  • Olin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Olin is located in Iredell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olin
  • Gilreath
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Gilreath is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilreath
  • Williamsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Williamsburg is located in Iredell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Eagle Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Eagle Mills is located in Iredell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
  • Vashti
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Snow Creek ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Snow Creek is located in Iredell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Creek
  • Hunting Creek ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hunting Creek is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Creek
  • Hiddenite
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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 27 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 17 miles [27.4 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 begin with 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 New Hope:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Hope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.