New Hope Township, Iredell County, North Carolina

New Hope Township
Township
New Hope Township in Iredell County
New Hope Township
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Iredell
Established	1868
Government
• Type	non-functioning administrative subdivision
Area
• Total	36.25 sq mi (93.9 km2)
• Land	36.18 sq mi (93.7 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,662
• Density	45.9/sq mi (17.7/km2)

New Hope Township is a non-functioning administrative division of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. By the requirements of the North Carolina Constitution of 1868, the counties were divided into townships, which included New Hope township as one of sixteen townships in Iredell County. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Geography

New Hope township contains the town of Love Valley (population of 90 in 2010). Highways 901 and 115 are the only major state roads in New Hope Township. Other significant landmarks in this township are: ^[5]

• Barger School
• Friendship Baptist Church
• Grassy Knob Baptist Church, founded in 1789 ^{[6] [2]}
• Love Valley (town founded by Andy Barker in 1963)
• New Hope (town)
• New Prospect Baptist Church
• Sandy Ridge United Methodist Church
• Taylor Springs Baptist Church, founded in 1852 ^[2]

References

1. "North Carolina Constitution of 1868" (PDF). Retrieved February 26, 2019.
2. Keever, Homer M. (November 1976). Iredell Piedmont County, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mildred Jenkins Miller. Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark. p. 196.
3. The Heritage of Iredell County, 1980, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 28677, ISBN   0-89459-087-1, 642 pages with index
4. The Heritage of Iredell County, NC Vol II, 2000, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 29866, LC # 00-110956, 574 pages with index
5. North Carolina Map Collection at Iredell County, "Drawn by N.E. Kinney C.E. Lexington N.C. 1917. George F. Cram Company, Chicago."
6. Minutes, Minutes of the church conferences from Aug. 11, 1804 to Aug. 13, 1823; and from May 28, 1864 to Oct. 1, 1989, including membership rolls. Other records include a membership record book and roll, association letters, cemetery records, and history file materials, 1960 and undated; Wake Forest University

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