Hopewell | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Oregon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Yamhill |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 164 |
Coordinates: | 45.0969°N -123.0919°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 97304 |
Area Code: | 503 and 971 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1136392 |
Hopewell is an unincorporated community in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. It is at the eastern terminus of Oregon Route 153, 10miles south of Dayton and a few miles west of Wheatland, at the east base of the Eola Hills.
Hopewell post office was established in 1897, and closed out to Amity in 1903.[1] Hopewell is now served by the Salem post office. The name Hopewell does not appear in the gazetteers of the 1880s.[1]
Hopewell was the home of George K. Gay,[2] who voted in the May 1843 Champoeg Meeting that created the provisional government, and built the first brick residence in the state of Oregon near Hopewell in 1842.[2] Gay's great-grandson, singer Johnnie Ray, spent his early years in Hopewell.