Do you know of Hopeful ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hopeful. 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 Hopeful.

Our sources for Hopeful (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hopeful other than they indicate that Hopeful would be found somewhere in Louisa County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1935.

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 Hopeful ...

We found three communities that share the name Hopeful.

Within Virginia, the name Hopeful is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Talladega County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hopeful [Talladega County].
  • Georgia
    • Fayette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hopeful [Fayette County].
    • Mitchell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hopeful [Mitchell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hopeful ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hopeful:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hopeful - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hopeful.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/38392   (Place Name: Hopeful)

County: Louisa     (FIPS State/County: 51/109)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hopeful) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Louisa County ...

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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 Louisa County.