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Welcome to Good Hope (aka 'Goodhope') ...

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

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


Good Hope would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.


The location of Good Hope has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


Good Hope was founded in 1878.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Good Hope is 6,000 feet [1,829 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Good Hope is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Good Hope was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Good Hope still existed, it would have been in the (775) area code.

The community of Good Hope has also been called Goodhope.

Communities Also Named Good Hope ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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), Mississippi (5), 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 5 communities that are near Good Hope.

  • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornucopia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
    • Cornucopia is located in Elko County
  • Tuscarora
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Deep Creek ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
    • Deep Creek is located in Elko County
  • Anderson ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anderson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Anderson is located in Elko County
  • Midas
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midas
    • Midas is located in Elko County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling 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.

Adding Good Hope to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Good Hope in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Good Hope was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Good Hope post office opened in 1884.

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

The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/

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 Good Hope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Elko, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Good Hope - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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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