Hopewell Ohio Map

About Hopewell, Ohio

Hopewell is a locality in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. Hopewell is located at 40.2226°N, 80.7098°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 43746, 43943, 43749.

Hopewell emerges from the landscape where the meandering currents of Little Rush Run carve a silver thread through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 10.9 miles south-southwest of Steubenville, OH (from Steubenville, OH: bearing 201°T), and is situated 8.8 miles north of Martins Ferry. Beyond the immediate banks, the land transitions into the quiet depths of Limestone Hollow, a natural basin that traps the morning fog until the sun burns it away to reveal the rugged silhouette of Chestnut Ridge looming four miles to the east. The air here holds a particular weight at dusk, a cool, damp clarity that clings to the skin as the shadows of the nearby trees lengthen across the fields. Only three miles away, the quiet expanse of Mazeroski Park offers a reprieve of open meadow, while the deeper, ancient timber of Fernwood State Forest waits seven miles out, a dark wall of green that defines the horizon.

Hopewell bears the quiet marks of a nineteenth-century settlement, built upon the stubborn industry of those who first cleared the timber and tilled the heavy soil. The economy, once tethered to the rhythmic output of local mills and the extraction of mineral wealth from the surrounding ridges, now persists in a slower, more deliberate fashion, favoring independent trade and the quiet maintenance of family-owned plots. Residents often find their way toward Malabu Lake when the summer heat stifles the valleys, seeking the stillness of the water as a contrast to the steady, mechanical hum of regional transit. History here is not a grand narrative but a series of small, persistent echoes—the way the light catches the weathered siding of an old barn or the specific, unhurried pace of a Tuesday afternoon—reminding anyone passing through that Hopewell is defined by its endurance rather than its spectacle.

About This Hopewell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hopewell, Ohio. Coordinates: 40.222571, -80.709802. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Hopewell includes the ZIP code (43746, 43943, 43749), telephone area code (740), county seat of Jefferson County (Steubenville), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.