Welcome to Hope ...
So far, we found very little information about Hope. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hope to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Hope - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Hope, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Hope , we believe that it would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hope, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.
Time Zone: The area where Hope was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Hope would have been located in the (740) area code.
Communities Also Named Hope ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Hope: This one is located in Washington County and the other is located in Vinton County.
Beyond Ohio, there are 47 communities that are also named Hope - they are located in Alaska, Arizona, 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, 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.
Adding Hope to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hope in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hope was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Hope post office opened in 1894.
We also found Hope on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hope.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hope, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |