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Welcome to Middle Hope ...

Middle Hope is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Middle Hope, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

Middle Hope is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Middle Hope: 845 & 329<3>

Websites for Middle Hope ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Middle Hope, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Middle Hope ...

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

  • Poughkeepsie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Palm Tree
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Kiryas Joel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Newburgh
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Peekskill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Beacon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <4>
  • Woodbury
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Woodbury is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
  • Monroe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • New Paltz
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Walden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Middle Hope ...

Looking for more information about Middle 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Middle Hope, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Middle Hope.

Adding Middle Hope to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Middle Hope post office opened in 1832. The Middle Hope post office closed in 1937.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Middle Hope - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Middle Hope area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Middle Hope area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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