Do you know of Hope ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hope. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hope.
We found mention of Hope as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Franklin County, Ohio.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1838 and closed in 1886.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Hope ...
We found 48 communities that share the name Hope.
There are two communities within Ohio that are also named Hope.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another 46 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 46 communities, 45 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Hope.
- Arizona
- La Paz County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Hope [La Paz County].
- Arkansas
- Hempstead County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hope [Hempstead County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Hope.
- California
- Tulare County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hope [Tulare County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Vermilion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hope [Vermilion County].
- Indiana
- Bartholomew County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hope [Bartholomew County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Dickinson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hope [Dickinson County].
- Kentucky
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hope [Montgomery County].
- Louisiana
- Iberia Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hope [Iberia Parish].
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hope [Saint John the Baptist Parish].
- Saint Martin Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hope [Saint Martin Parish].
- Maine
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Hope [Knox County].
- Maryland
- Queen Anne's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hope [Queen Anne's County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Blue Earth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Hope [Blue Earth County].
- Steele County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Hope [Steele County].
- Mississippi
- Neshoba County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Hope [Neshoba County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hope [Warren County].
- New Mexico
- New York
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hope [Hamilton County].
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Steele County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Hope [Steele County].
- Oklahoma
- Stephens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hope [Stephens County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Malheur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Hope [Malheur County].
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hope [Greene County].
- Northampton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hope [Northampton County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Hope.
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Hope [Providence County].
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hope [Berkeley County].
- Texas
- Washington
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Hope [Pierce County].
- West Virginia
- Braxton County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hope [Braxton County].
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Hope [Dane County].
- Alaska
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hope ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hope:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Franklin County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Franklin County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Hope could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |