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Welcome to Hopkins ...

Hopkins is located in Accomack County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hopkins, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Hopkins is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Hopkins lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hopkins: 757 & 948<3>

Communities Also Named Hopkins ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Hopkins - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Hopkins ...

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

  • Crisfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Exmore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Exmore is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,362 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exmore <4>
  • Onancock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tangier
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Belle Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Onley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Accomac
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Accomac is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accomac
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
  • Melfa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Bloxom
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Saxis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Saxis is located in Accomack County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 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 Hopkins. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hopkins.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hopkins ...

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

Adding Hopkins to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hopkins 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 Hopkins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hopkins post office opened in 1886. The Hopkins post office closed in 1970.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hopkins.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Accomack, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hopkins - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 757 code has been Overlayed with the 948 area code. New phone numbers in the Hopkins area will be assigned with one of these codes: 757 or 948. As a result, placing a call in the Hopkins area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/