Hopewell, Davidson County, Tennessee

Coordinates: 36°13′29″N 86°37′33″W / 36.22472°N 86.62583°W / 36.22472; -86.62583 Hopewell is an unincorporated community in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States. It lies at an elevation of 472 feet (144 m).

The role of Hopewell and the manipulation of the votes of its predominantly African-American population for the purposes of early 20th century machine politics in Tennessee is described in The Secrets of the Hopewell Box by James D. Squires (Vanderbilt University Press, ISBN 0-8265-1924-5.)

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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hopewell, Davidson County, Tennessee

Municipalities and communities of Davidson County, Tennessee, United States

County seat: Nashville

Cities	Belle Meade Berry Hill Forest Hills Goodlettsville‡ Nashville (balance) Oak Hill Ridgetop‡

Unincorporated communities	Bakers Hopewell Joelton Lakewood Madison Old Hickory Pasquo Whites Creek

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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