Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Good Hope, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43160. The Survey maps it on the Good Hope quadrangle.

Good Hope within Fayette County

Then and now

1917 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Good Hope, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Good Hope, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

5,380 words on this township

History of Fayette County, Ohio : Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1914 names this settlement in its chapter on Wayne Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

At a very early date this township had no public stopping place for the weary travelers. So any settler's cabin must be sought out for a resting place during the night. All were open to well-disposed men and women. Later, but still before the advent of the railroad through the place, the State road travel became large and some place like a country inn, or hotel, was almost a necessity to the times and to the traveling public. Finally Noah Hukill was induced to open such a tavern at his homestead place, on the Washington and Chillicothe pike. It soon got great name and fame. It was always orderly and clean and good beds and meals were always "set up'" to those- passing through who wished entertainment. He sold liquor, and his first sign-board read 'AVhiskey and Oats.'' The next sign flung to the breeze read, ''Inn by N. Hukill." The third and last of which there is any record, and which hung at the side of the house, at the sport of the wind many years, bore this inscription, "Independence, Please and Plenty." As high as twenty teamsters frequently stopped there in a single night. The township had no further attempts at hotels until the building of the railroad through Good Hope.

Passage source: History of Fayette County, Ohio : Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1914.

Good Hope postoffice is a fourth-class office, and there have been but few postmasters in charge. N. A. Divines was commissioned in 1881 and served for the exceptionallv long period of tliirty-three years and up to April 10, 1914, when I. O. Fountain was commissioned. There is one free rural delivery route out from this point, a distance of sixteen miles.

Passage source: History of Fayette County, Ohio : Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1914.

Besides Good Hope, there are, or have been, in this township towns as follows : Rockville or Rock Mills, in survey No. 2925. This place has a history running back almost a century. The mills and a store and small shops made up the sum total. Stephen Yoenian was first to locate there in 18 1 5. He built the mill and constructed the dam.

Passage source: History of Fayette County, Ohio : Her People, Industries and Institutions, published 1914.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Wayne Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 197 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 197 specimens collected within 10 miles of Good Hope between 1907 and 1975: 192 Animalia, 3 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bowles, P. (Pearl), Brubaker, J. A. & Higgins, Brubaker, J. A. & Link, B. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Obovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)	1909	Bureau of Fisheries	Ohio River, Buena Vista
Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828)	1907	Hegler, A. (Almer)	Fairview, Fayette, Ohio, USA
Buteo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)	1907	Hegler, A. (Almer)	Fairview Sta., Fayette, Ohio, USA
Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis (Gmelin, 1788)	1907	Hegler, A. (Almer)	Fairview Sta., Fayette, Ohio, USA
Falco rusticolus obsoletus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)	1907	Hegler, A. (Almer)	Washington C.H., Fayette, Ohio, USA
Tiphiidae	1925	Pallister, J. C. (John C.)	Madison, Fayette Co., Ohio, USA
Notropis heterolepis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1893	1926	Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)	Rattlesnake Creek, no more precise locality provided, SW corner of Fayette County OH
Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877	1926	Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)	water unknown, #10 Fayette Co, n/a, township n/a
Plethodon richmondi Netting & Mittleman, 1938	1929	Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)	Perry Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio
Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801	1929	Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio
Acris crepitans Baird, 1854	1930	Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio
Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836	1930	Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)	SW Wayne Twp., Fayette Co., Ohio

All 197 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Good Hope: 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Greenfield Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Greenfield Quarry & Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Plant
Sugar Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Fayette County

Storms near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Good Hope in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
October 2010	Tornado (EF0)	Good Hope	$75,000	Along the path of the tornado, several trees were snapped and several structures lost parts or all of their roofs. The heaviest damage occurred to a large storage facility which suffered major roof loss and total collapse of the northern half of the structure. On the western edge of Washington Court House there was roof damage to two businesses in addition to tree damage. This damage is consistent with winds around 85 miles per hour.
April 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Good Hope	$15,000	This tornado developed in Clinton County at 0029EST, near Reed Road and State Route 72. The tornado traveled east-northeast and entered Fayette County at 0032EST, just east of Greenfield-Sabina Road at 0032EST. As it continued to move east-northeast, a roof was removed from a barn on Miami Trace Road. More tree damage was noted along Snow Hill Road and Bunkerhill Glendon Road. A silo was damaged on Staunton Jasper Road before the tornado ended.
May 2011	Flash Flood	Good Hope	$10,000	One family was evacuated from their residence due to flash flooding.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Good Hope	$3,000	Trees were downed.
October 2010	Tornado (EF0)	Good Hope	-	The tornado touched down in Clinton County at 1224 EST and continued into Fayette County at 1224 EST before lifting at 1225 EST. The path width was 200 yards. The tornado traveled for 3.81 miles in Clinton County and then 0.14 miles in Fayette County. The damage was consistent with winds around 85 miles per hour. The tornado touched down just west of State Route 72, about one mile northwest of the intersection with State Route 729. The tornado was observed on the ground from two separate residences near the initial touch down location. Four utility poles were observed to be broken and briefly suspended in the tornado near one of the residences. An occupant of the other residence observed debris circulating immediately east of State Route 72. At one location east of State Route 72, the tornado pulled a large metal door from a barn and destroyed a portion of the metal roof. Fragments of the roof were carried for approximately a quarter of a mile to the northeast. Field debris was also found wedged between the wall boards of the barn. The tornado continued northeast and next crossed Hornbeam Road approximately three-fourths of a mile northwest of the intersection with State Route 729. Damage on the east side of Hornbeam Road included a horse trailer that was picked up and carried about 100 feet. Numerous trees were also snapped on this same property. The tornado then traveled northeast across open and harvested fields until arriving at Greenfield-Sabina Road, approximately three-fourths of a mile northwest of the intersection with Snow Hill Road. Damage on the east side of the road included damage to a metal roof and a wall of a livestock barn. There was also roof and siding damage to two residences nearby. The concentrated damage path appeared to end just past this location in far western Fayette County.
May 2025	Hail	Good Hope	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fayette County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rock Mills	2.4 miles	11
Ghormley (historical)	2.7 miles	11
McLean	3.4 miles	12
Boyds	3.4 miles	11
Fairview	3.9 miles	12
Plano	5.1 miles	12
New Martinsburg	6.3 miles	11
Olympia (historical)	6.5 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064739. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.