Hopewell | |
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) Marker on Oregon Route 221 commemorating early Hopewell resident George Gay | |
| Coordinates: 45°5′50″N 123°5′27″W / 45.09722°N 123.09083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Yamhill |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 97304 |
| Area code(s) | 503 and 971 |
Hopewell is an unincorporated community in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. It is at the eastern terminus of Oregon Route 153, 10 miles (16 km) 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.
References
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ a b "George Gay House near Hopewell". Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
External links
- Historic images of Hopewell from Salem Public Library