A volunteer effort to collect, digitize, organize, and share the history of the Hopewell Valley in Mercer County, New Jersey.
The Hopewell Valley History Project is a new volunteer effort to collect and organize the important sources of our local heritage in digital form, and share them online for open and convenient access.
We are posting curated copies of materials already in digital format, including historic ebooks and scanned maps, and also seeking out paper documents and images to manually photograph and scan for the site.
- See the Reference Guides for printable overviews of the available materials and references for future research.
- See the Book Archives and Map Archives for primary reference materials of our local history, the associated Reference Guides, and interactive tables to explore the collection and view the files.
- See the Image Archives for images of buildings from historic books and postcards, organized by street address and date within each town.
- See the Blog Posts for updates on changes and additions to the site, and for more information on specific topics.
Join Us
Join us to help share our local history with the community. For more information, email us info@hopewellhistoryproject.org.
- Collect and organize historical material on interesting topics
- Digitize and transcribe historical materials
- Write summaries on important people, places, houses, etc.
Reference Guides – Printable Listings
The Books and Maps Reference Guides include several types of printable guides (PDF), including Galleries with images and catalogs of available sources and materials, Chronologies with listings of all the materials in the archives (plus other interesting related material) with additional information, and Sources Guides with references for further investigation (especially digital).
Digital Archives – Tables of Resources
The Digital Archives contain copies of resource files for convenient browsing, plus printable Reference Guides with links to additional external resources. Browse all materials, or specific types:
- Digital Archives – All materials in all formats
- Book Archives – Historic books and pamphlets back to the early 1900’s (large PDFs)
- Map Archives – Maps of the Hopewell Valley region, including historic maps covering the region, municipal maps (e.g., tax and zoning), and other formats.
Quick search of all Archives, with listings of available materials. Search, sort, and filter as desired.
Image Digital Archives
The Image Digital Archives currently include photos and postcards of buildings in Hopewell Borough.
Some images are scanned / photographed from historic books (around 1900), and others were kindly contributed by local authors, photographers, and postcard collectors.
The Image Reference Guide summarizes and describes the available sets of images, including the sources / contributors and the naming conventions used for the files.
The Image Archives currently are hosted on Google Drive. You can browse by image or name, and view and download the images.
The files are named by street address and year for convenient searching and sorting. This makes it easy to compare images along the same street, at the same address in different years, or from different sources.
Recent Posts – Site Updates
Listing of recent blog posts with updates on new additions. Search, sort, and filter as desired.
| Image | Title | Summary | Categories | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hopewell Railroad Research | Rick Porter has kindly contributed a package of Hopewell railroad research material that clarifies the … | Places, Updates | ddixon | 12th December 2019 |
 | Hopewell Valley History Project – Talk Slides | Our public introduction of the Hopewell Valley History Project and this site was held on … | Updates | ddixon | 10th December 2019 |
 | November 2019 Update | It’s been a busy month, with several major additional already covered in blog posts, so … | Updates | ddixon | 1st December 2019 |
 | Hopewell Valley History Project – The Talk | Our public introduction of this site and the Hopewell Valley History Project will be the … | Updates | ddixon | 22nd November 2019 |
 | Railroad Stations in the National Register of Historic Places | The railroad stations in Hopewell and Pennington boroughs are both listed on the National Register … | Places, Properties | ddixon | 22nd November 2019 |
 | House and Street Images | We have expand from collecting books and maps into assembling images of local buildings and … | Properties | ddixon | 16th November 2019 |
 | Hopewell’s Past by Betty Gantz | We are thrilled to announce that the site now includes the Hopewell’s Past book by … | Properties | ddixon | 10th November 2019 |
 | New Jersey Maps and Atlases | We’ve added some interesting historic maps of New Jersey, and some of the early Atlases … | Updates | ddixon | 5th November 2019 |
 | October 2019 Update | As of the end of October 2019, the site has 108 files posted, including 86 … | Updates | ddixon | 5th November 2019 |
 | Hopewell Borough Cultural Resource Survey | If you’re interested in the history and architecture of our local communities, it might interest … | Places, Properties | ddixon | 10th October 2019 |
 | September 2019 Update | As of the end of September 2019, the site has 106 files posted, including 86 … | Updates | ddixon | 30th September 2019 |
 | August 2019 Update | As of the end of September 2019, the site has 95 files posted, including 82 … | Updates | ddixon | 31st August 2019 |
 | The Mystery of Honey Hollow / Richard Hunter | On Sunday, June 9, 2019, Richard Hunter of Hunter Research presented a talk on “The … | Properties | ddixon | 26th July 2019 |
 | The Hopewell “Castle” in the News | Diccon Hyatt recently wrote a feature article for the U.S. 1 Newspaper, “Uncovering the Dark … | Properties | ddixon | 26th July 2019 |
| Image | Title | Summary | Categories | Author | Date |
