Welcome to Hope ...

Hope is located in La Paz County<1>.

The location of Hope has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hope, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

Hope is 1,520 feet [463 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Hope lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Hope (for example, toward Blythe (CA)), you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Hope lies within the (928) area code.

Communities Also Named Hope ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Hope - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (3), Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska (2), New Jersey, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hope.

Communities near Hope ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hope.

• Salome
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salome
  • Salome is located in La Paz County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salome <4>
• Harqua Hala ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harqua Hala. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harqua Hala
  • Harqua Hala is located in La Paz County
• New Hope
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
  • New Hope is located in La Paz County
• McVay
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVay
  • McVay is located in La Paz County
• Wenden
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenden
  • Wenden is located in La Paz County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wenden <4>
• Brenda
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenda
  • Brenda is located in La Paz County
• Utting
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utting
  • Utting is located in La Paz County
• Cullen's Well ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cullen's Well. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen's Well
  • Cullen's Well is located in Maricopa County
• Bouse
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bouse
  • Bouse is located in La Paz County
  • Former name for Bouse:
  • Brayton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bouse <4>
• Quartzsite
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzsite
  • Quartzsite is located in La Paz County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,814 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quartzsite <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hope. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hope.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hope. See our Newspapers Page for Hope.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hope ...

Looking for more information about Hope? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hope, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hope.

Adding Hope to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hope in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hope was on a map titled Road Map for Arizona (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hope.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hope. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for La Paz County: www.co.la-paz.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/