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New Hopecommunity in S Franklin County.
New Hopecommunity in NW Iredell County.
New Hopecommunity in SE Randolph County. Post office there, 1859-1934, was New Hope Academy, named for a local school; the building still stands but is used as a residence.
New Hopecommunity in E Wayne County. A post office was located there by 1811.
New Hopecommunity in NW Wilson County S of Silver Lake. Named for a local Baptist church.
New HopeSee Durants Neck.
New Hope Creekrises in central Orange County and flows E into W Durham County. There it turns SE and flows into Chatham County, where it becomes New Hope River, which see. Appears as New River on the Moseley map, 1733, but by 1770 (Collet map) appears as New-hope Creek.
New Hope LakeSee Jordan Lake.
New Hope Riverthe name applied to New Hope Creek in E Chatham County from the mouth of Whiteoak Creek to its confluence with Haw River, a distance of approx. 8 mi. See also New Hope Creek.
New Hope TownshipE Chatham County.