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Introduction ...

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 New Hope (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 New Hope. 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.

New Hope is located in Limestone County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Limestone County: Falls, Freestone, Hill, Leon, McLennan, Navarro & Robertson.

Below are the counties that are near New Hope. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Hope:

  • Limestone County     (The home county of New Hope)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Farrar
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Farrar is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
    • Personville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Personville is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
    • Lost Prairie
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
    • Fallon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Fallon is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
    • Groesbeck
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Thornton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Kosse
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Kosse is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kosse <1>
    • Mexia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mexia is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,287 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexia <1>
    • Tehuacana
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ben Hur
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
    • Frosa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Frosa is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frosa
    • Kirk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Kirk is located in Limestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
  • Falls County
    • Stranger
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Stranger is located in Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
  • Freestone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Donie
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Freestone
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Freestone is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
    • Teague
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Teague is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teague
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teague <1>
    • Dew
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Dew is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
    • Lanely
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Lanely is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanely
    • Cotton Gin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Fairfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Turlington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Turlington is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turlington
    • Kirvin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Red Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Red Lake is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
    • Butler
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Butler is located in Freestone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
    • Oakwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Leon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Newby
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Newby is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newby
    • Jewett
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Marquez
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Buffalo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Concord
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Flynn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hilltop Lakes
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Russell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Russell is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Leona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Wealthy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Wealthy is located in Leon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wealthy
    • Normangee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Robertson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.
    • Seale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Seale is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
    • Bald Prairie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
    • Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Ridge is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • New Baden
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Owensville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Owensville is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensville
    • Bremond
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Franklin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Hope, see our County-by-County Page for New Hope.

Cemeteries Near New Hope ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Hope.

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 New Hope - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Hope covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.

  • New Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the New Hope Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the northwest of Jewett.
    • The New Hope Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Hope Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203994 <3>
  • Wilsons Chapel Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Friendship Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Holt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Oakes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes Cemetery
    • The Oakes Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Oaks Cemetery
  • McKenzie Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Post Oak Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sansom Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mays Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Old Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (171 more) ...
    • Bumpus Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Peoples Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mays Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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.<4>

While we didn't find New Hope in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Hope.

These communities are listed based on their distance from New Hope, with the one closest to New Hope listed first.

  • Farrar
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Farrar is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrar
  • Personville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Personville is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
  • Oletha
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Oletha is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oletha
  • Seale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Seale is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seale
  • Jewett
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Luna
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Luna is located in Freestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
  • Marquez
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Concord
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Prairie Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Prairie Grove is located in Limestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
  • Bald Prairie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bald Prairie is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bald Prairie
  • Dew
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dew is located in Freestone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dew
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Headsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Headsville is located in Robertson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
    • Groesbeck
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Thornton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Hope. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Hope.

Newspapers Published in New Hope ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Hope.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Hope, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Hope.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 New Hope:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Hope) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 New Hope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.