Welcome to Hope ...

Hope is located in Dane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hope, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Hope is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hope: 608 & 353<3>

Communities Also Named Hope ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Hope - they are located in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (3), Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska (2), New Jersey, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas (2), Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hope ...

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

• Madison
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Madison is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
• Sun Prairie
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
• Fitchburg
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Fitchburg is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
• Middleton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Middleton is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
• Waunakee
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Waunakee is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
• Verona
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Verona is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
• Stoughton
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Stoughton is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
• DeForest
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • DeForest is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
• Oregon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Oregon is located in Dane County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
• McFarland
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • McFarland is located in Dane County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 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 Hope. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hope.

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

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

Adding Hope to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hope post office opened in 1888. The Hope post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hope.