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Hopewell city, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
13historic places
—earliest paper
1916formed
23,033pop. 2020
2cemeteries
33CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 13 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Hopewell (Independent City), Hopewell.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Hopewell city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 13 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

13 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Appomattox ManorHopewell (Independent City)Building1969
Beacon TheatreHopewell (Independent City)Building2000
City Point Historic DistrictHopewell (Independent City)District1979
City Point Historic District (Additional Documentation)HopewellDistrict2020
City Point National CemeteryHopewell (Independent City)Site1995
Downtown Hopewell Historic DistrictHopewell (Independent City)District2002
Downtown Hopewell Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)Hopewell (Independent City)District2013
Downtown Hopewell Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)_Hopewell (Independent City)District2015
Downtown Hopewell Historic District (Boundary Increase)Hopewell (Independent City)District2018
Hopewell High School ComplexHopewell (Independent City)District2009
Hopewell Municipal BuildingHopewell (Independent City)Building1998
Kippax Plantation Archeological SiteHopewell (Independent City)Site2007
Weston ManorHopewell (Independent City)Building1972

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hopewell (Ic) was formed in 1916 (1916-07-01) from unknown / original county.

Hopewell made an independent city from PRINCE GEORGE; Hopewell was divided into two parts.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hopewell city population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

23k12k1,39719201960197020002020
1920194019501960198020002020
1,3978,67910,21917,89523,39722,35423,033

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Petersburg National BattlefieldNational Battlefield11.3 km
Richmond National Battlefield ParkNational Battlefield Park23.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

2 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 2 of 2 listed
NameLatLon
Appomattox Cemetery37.3082-77.30025
City Point National Cemetery37.3057-77.2972
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
City Point37.31682-77.27748

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Ware Bottom Church4,5838.1 kmVA054
Swift Creek3,3819.0 kmVA050
Port Walthall Junction8469.1 kmVA047
Fort Stedman2,8489.7 kmVA084
Crater1,33510.5 kmVA070
Petersburg1,32711.5 kmVA098
Chester Station1,30112.2 kmVA051
Jerusalem Plank Road1,27013.8 kmVA065
Malvern Hill6,20314.1 kmVA021
Deep Bottom I10,92915.0 kmVA069
Petersburg9,42015.7 kmVA089
Drewry'S Bluff4,75316.4 kmVA012
Proctor'S Creek4,75316.4 kmVA053
Deep Bottom Ii8,18116.7 kmVA071
Globe Tavern1,45416.7 kmVA072
New Market Heights11,82817.0 kmVA075
White Oak Swamp7,87017.3 kmVA020
Glendale7,86717.5 kmVA060
Darbytown And New Market5,61919.8 kmVA077
Peebles' Farm2,62820.3 kmVA074
Saint Mary'S Church96420.4 kmVA066
Darbytown Road4,26920.6 kmVA078
Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road7,88920.9 kmVA080
Hatcher'S Run5,84624.6 kmVA083
Ream'S Station2,62924.9 kmVA068
Sutherland'S Station56925.3 kmVA090
Boydton Plank Road2,71425.5 kmVA079
Oak Grove5,34525.8 kmVA015
White Oak Road4,54726.5 kmVA087
Seven Pines6,47126.7 kmVA014

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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