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Welcome to Hopewell ...

Hopewell is located in Maury County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hopewell, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

Hopewell is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hopewell lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Hopewell ...

While we believe that this Hopewell is located in Maury County, we know of another 8 Tennessee communities named Hopewell. Those communities are located in the following counties: Bradley, Cannon, Carroll, Claiborne, Davidson, Decatur, Gibson and Tipton County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 85 communities that are also named Hopewell - they are located in Alabama (6), Arkansas (6), Connecticut (2), Florida (2), Georgia (4), Illinois (2), Indiana (3), Kansas (3), Kentucky (4), Maryland (2), Mississippi (6), Missouri (3), New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (2), Texas (5), Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia (4).

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

Communities near Hopewell ...

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

  • Spring Hill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Greenfield Bend
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
    • Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
  • Lewisburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Powell Chapel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
  • Sawdust
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sawdust is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
  • Jonesboro ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jonesboro is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Wales
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Wales is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
  • Chartersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Chartersville is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartersville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,494 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hopewell ...

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

Adding Hopewell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hopewell 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 (so far) for Hopewell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hopewell post office opened in 1855. The Hopewell post office closed in 1861.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hopewell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Maury, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hopewell - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/