Welcome to Hope ...

Hope is located in Hamilton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hope, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1827.

Hope is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hope lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Hope ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Hope - they are located in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (3), Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska (2), New Jersey, New Mexico (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Hope ...

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

• Gloversville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloversville
  • Gloversville is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,553 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gloversville <3>
• Broadalbin
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broadalbin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadalbin
  • Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,260 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broadalbin <3>
• Northville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Northville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
  • Northville is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northville <3>
• Mayfield
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
  • Mayfield is located in Fulton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 779 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayfield <3>
• Speculator
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Speculator have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speculator
  • Speculator is located in Hamilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Speculator <3>
• Blackbridge ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
  • Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
• Wells
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells
  • Wells is located in Hamilton County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wells <3>
• Edinburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
  • Edinburg is located in Saratoga County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edinburg <3>
• Gilmantown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmantown
  • Gilmantown is located in Hamilton County
• Batchellerville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
  • Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hope ...

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

Adding Hope to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of 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 Hope was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hope post office opened in 1827.

We also found Hope in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hope.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/