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Welcome to New Hope ...

New Hope is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Hope, you might consider that their post office opened in 1820.

New Hope is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from New Hope (for example, toward Cole City (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for New Hope: 931

Communities Also Named New Hope ...

While we believe that this New Hope is located in Lincoln County, we know of another 16 Tennessee communities named New Hope. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cannon, Cheatham, Gibson, Hancock, Hardin, Hawkins, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Marion, Maury, McNairy, Roane, Sequatchie and Williamson County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 119 communities that are also named New Hope - they are located in Alabama (12), Arizona, Arkansas (11), California, Florida (4), Georgia (8), Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maryland (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (8), Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (11), Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (3), South Dakota, Texas (15), Virginia (4), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near New Hope ...

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

  • Fayetteville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynchburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Gattistown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
  • Park City Heights
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Park City Heights is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,442 people
  • Ardmore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Ardmore is located in Limestone County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,513 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ardmore <3>
  • Huntland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Flintville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Flintville is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flintville
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 627 people
  • Clarks Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarks Ferry is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 387 people
  • Garner Ford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Garner Ford is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner Ford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 309 people
  • Goshen ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Goshen is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Hope ...

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

Adding New Hope to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New 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 New Hope was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the New Hope post office opened in 1820. The New Hope post office closed in 1838.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Hope - 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/