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   Where is Hope Arkansas located?

   • Hope, city, seat (1939) of Hempstead county, southwestern Arkansas, U.S., about 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Texarkana. It was founded in 1852 as a station on the Cairo and Fulton (now Union Pacific) Railroad and was named for the daughter of James Loughborough, a railroad land commissioner who laid out the town site.

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   When did Hope Arkansas become a county seat?

   • The Arkansas Supreme Court declared Hope the county seat on May 11, 1939, after five bitterly fought elections to move the courthouse from Washington to Hope. An act of Congress in May 1824 had named Washington the county seat, but Hope citizens believed their town had become the commercial center of the county and its location more accessible.

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   What was Hope Arkansas known for?

   • According to an 1888 article in the Arkansas State Gazetteer, Hope’s industries, businesses, and attractions included lumber mills, a wagon factory, a cotton compress, two banks, a hotel, several stores, a newspaper, a public school, and an opera house. In 1909, a black man, possibly named Dillard, was lynched in Hope.

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   What's new in Hope Arkansas?

   • In the last several years, the town of Hope, Arkansas, has seen updates and new additions: a coffee shop, an outdoor community space, a visitors center campus and several places to eat. Both these new stops and the not-new-but-noteworthy staples make this town in southwest Arkansas a great destination for a return visit or a first-time day trip.

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   Mar 15, 2024 · Hope is on Prairie De Roan in southwest Arkansas. It is divided by Union Pacific Railway tracks traveling from northeast to southwest and is the birthplace of William Jefferson Clinton, the fortieth and forty-second governor of Arkansas and the forty-second president of the United States.

   • Altitude: 350 feet
   • Location: 33º40’04″N 093º35’27″W

   • Area: 10.68 square miles (2020 Census)
   • Population: 8,952 (2020 Census)

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   Hope is a city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County and the principal city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,095, and in 2019 the population was estimated at 9,599.

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   Hope, city, seat (1939) of Hempstead county, southwestern Arkansas, U.S., about 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Texarkana. It was founded in 1852 as a station on the Cairo and Fulton (now Union Pacific) Railroad and was named for the daughter of James Loughborough, a railroad land commissioner who.

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   First settled in 1852, Hope is a thriving community located in the southwest corner (view in Google) of Arkansas. We are 120 miles southwest of the capital city Little Rock, 25 miles northeast of Texarkana USA, and 90 miles north of Shreveport, Louisiana.

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   May 13, 2017 · Harry W. Shiver, in A Commemorative History of Hope, Arkansas, discussed the ways that Hope’s early promoters touted the advantages of the new city on the railroad.

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   Nov 22, 2022 · Both these new stops and the not-new-but-noteworthy staples make this town in southwest Arkansas a great destination for a return visit or a first-time day trip. Old history, new attractions

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   Hope is a city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County and the principal city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties.