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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Hopewell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hopewell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hopewell, 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 Hopewell (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 Hopewell. 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 hospitals and 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 Hopewell is historic, it would have been located within present day Cannon County.
To see how the shape of Tennessee's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cannon County: Coffee, DeKalb, Rutherford, Warren & Wilson.
Below are the counties that are near Hopewell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hopewell:
- Cannon County (The home county of Hopewell)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Bradyville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bradyville is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burgen is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Burt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burt is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Hollow Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hollow Springs is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Woodbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manus Town ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manus Town was located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manus Town
- Bluewing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bluewing is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewing
- Thomas Town ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town was located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woods is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
- Auburntown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Auburntown is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburntown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 266 people
- Gassaway
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gassaway is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gassaway
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Bell Buckle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wartrace
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cortner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cortner is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortner
- Haley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haley is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haley
- Normandy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Vannatta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Vannatta is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vannatta
- Estimated population in 2014: 398 people
- Cascade Hollow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cascade Hollow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Hollow
- Willow Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Longview
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Longview is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Shelbyville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Raus
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Raus is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raus
- Anchor Mill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Anchor Mill was located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor Mill
- Coffee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Gossburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Beechgrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Naola ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Naola was located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Busy Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Busy Corner is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busy Corner
- Teal ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Teal was located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- New Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Union is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
- Forest Mill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Mill is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Mill
- Manchester
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Royal Oaks
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Royal Oaks is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Belmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Winton Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Winton Town is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Town
- Homaway Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Homaway Village is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homaway Village
- DeKalb County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Youngblood ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Youngblood was located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngblood
- Bear Branch ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Branch was located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Branch
- Liberty
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 330 people
- Dowelltown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alexandria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Smithville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Young Bend
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Young Bend is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Bend
- Estimated population in 2014: 279 people
- Philippi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Philippi is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philippi
- Temperance Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
- Grundy County
- Altamont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Chapel Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Holts Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Holts Corner is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holts Corner
- Moore County
- Countyline
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Countyline is located in Moore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countyline
- Rutherford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Readyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kittrell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Plainview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Plainview is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Dillton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dillton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillton
- Burns Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burns Place is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Place
- Rucker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rucker is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Milton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Compton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Compton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Murfreesboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Estates is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Estates
- Population from the 2010 Census: 131 people
- Midland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Midland is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Walterhill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Walterhill is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walterhill
- Smith County
- Brush Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Brush Creek is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Trousdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Trousdale is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trousdale
- Centertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Centertown is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Morrison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Daylight
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Daylight is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daylight
- Lucky
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lucky is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky
- Gath
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gath is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gath
- Viola
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dibrell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dibrell is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibrell
- McMinnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Shellsford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Shellsford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsford
- Smyrna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Smyrna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
- Estimated population in 2014: 45,274 people
- Horseshoe Falls ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Horseshoe Falls was located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Falls
- Williamson County
- College Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wilson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Cainsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Cainsville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cainsville
- Cottage Home
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cottage Home is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Home
- Estimated population in 2014: 88 people
- Round Top
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Round Top is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Top
- Statesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Statesville is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statesville
- Watertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Doaks Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Doaks Crossroads is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doaks Crossroads
- Doaks Crossroads has also been known as:
- Doaks
- Commerce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Commerce is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commerce
- Greenwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Greenwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
- Linwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Linwood is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Gladeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hopewell, see our County-by-County Page for Hopewell.
Cemeteries Near Hopewell ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hopewell.
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 Hopewell - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hopewell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Tolbert Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bynum Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Robinson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jernigan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sagely Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Douglas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hettie Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jernigan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thyatira Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (1419 more) ...
- Burk Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gilley Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Patton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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.
While we didn't find Hopewell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hopewell.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hopewell, with the one closest to Hopewell listed first.
- Bradyville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bradyville is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradyville
- Burgen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Burgen is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgen
- Donnell Chapel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Donnell Chapel is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnell Chapel
- Gossburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gossburg is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossburg
- Hollow Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hollow Springs is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
- Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
- Burt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Burt is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Cateston
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cateston is also located in Cannon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cateston
- Readyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Beechgrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Floraton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Floraton is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floraton
- Holly ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Holly was located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly
- Kittrell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kittrell is located in Rutherford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Noah
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Noah is located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Naola ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Naola was located in Coffee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naola
- Woodbury
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hopewell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hopewell.
Newspapers Published in Hopewell ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hopewell.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hopewell, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hopewell.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Hopewell:
- Websites specific to Tennessee
- Pages specific to Cannon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bedford County
- Coffee County
- DeKalb County
- Grundy County
- Marshall County
- Moore County
- Rutherford County
- Smith County
- Warren County
- Williamson County
- Wilson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Tennessee
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 Hopewell, 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hopewell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |