Hope, Arkansas Hope, Arkansas Downtown Hope Downtown Hope Hempstead County Arkansas Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hope Highlighted.svg Hope is a town/city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States.
Hope is the governmental center of county of Hempstead County and the principal town/city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties.
Hope is the place of birth of two long-serving Arkansas governors: Bill Clinton (who went on to turn into the 42nd President of the United States after the 1992 election) and Mike Huckabee (who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2016).
Street scene in Hope, c.
Hope began in 1873, when a barns was assembled through the area.
The town was titled for Hope Loughborough, the daughter of a barns executive. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.2 square miles (26.3 km2), of which 10.1 square miles (26.1 km2) are territory and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 0.74%, are water. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Hope has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated Cfa on climate maps. Climate data for Hope, AR (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 10,095 citizens residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 43.2% Black, 34.0% White, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.1% from some other race and 1.4% from two or more competitions.
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,616 citizens , 3,961 homeholds, and 2,638 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 47.71% White, 43.17% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 6.63% from other competitions, and 1.78% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.9% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Hope is also known for burgeoning watermelons and continues to produce records for the biggest specimens in the world.
The watermelon is used in the municipal logo and the Hope slogan: A Slice of the Good Life.
Public education at the elementary and secondary school level is provided by the Hope School District and Spring Hill School District, which lead students to graduate from Hope High School and Spring Hill High School, in the order given.
Hope has many forms of small-town media.
The Hope Star is the city's commercial newspaper.
In addition, there are at least five small-town airways broadcasts in and around Hope.
The only station in Hope is KTSS-LP, which broadcasts at low-power to southwestern Arkansas, including areas as far away as Texarkana.
Hope Municipal Airport is positioned on property that was once part of the Southwestern Proving Ground, one of six primary military facilities in Arkansas amid World War II.
The City of Hope received the airport facility in 1947.
In October 2009, Amtrak added Hope to its timetable brochure for its Texas Eagle service.
Hope is the hometown of U.S.
At the 1992 Democratic National Convention in New York City, then-Governor Clinton ended his acceptance speech by saying, "I still believe in a place called Hope." Hope is also the hometown of the former Governor Mike Huckabee.
In his autobiographical From Hope to Higher Ground (2007), Huckabee recalls the Hope of the 1960s as "a wonderful community.
Others from Hope include former White House Chief of Staff Mack Mc - Larty; attorney Vincent Walker Foster, Jr.
Armstrong; Gary Dee; former Arkansas Secretary of State Kelly Bryant, PGA golfer Ken Duke, actress/vocalist Ketty Lester, and actress Melinda Dillon.
Country Music Hall of Fame singer Patsy Montana attended school in Hope.
A member of Congress born in Hope was Joseph Barton Elam of Louisiana's 4th congressional district, who served from 1877 to 1881 and resided in Mansfield, Louisiana.
Roosevelt, had formerly practiced law in Hope.
Paul Klipsch established Klipsch and Associates in Hope in 1946.
The Klipschorn and a number of other speaker lines are still produced in Hope by Klipsch Audio Technologies.
Representative Mike Ross of Arkansas's 4th congressional district, presently resides in Prescott in Nevada County but is a former resident of Hope.
He graduated in 1979 from Hope High School, and his father, Gene Ross, is a former administrator in the Hope School District.
The town/city is also the place of birth of Shirley Weber, who represents the 79th precinct in the California State Assembly.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hope city, Arkansas".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Hope (Hempstead County)".
Climate Summary for Hope, Arkansas Amtrak Texas Eagle adds stop in Hope, ARK "Amtrak still rolling Hope's way".
Hope Star.
Hope, Arkansas: Gate - House Media, Inc.
Mike Huckabee, From Hope to Higher Ground, New York: Center Street Publishers, 2007, pp.
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Municipalities and communities of Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States Cities in Hempstead County, Arkansas - Hope micropolitan region - County seats in Arkansas - Populated places established in 1875 - 1875 establishments in Arkansas - Cities in Arkansas - Bill Clinton - Mike Huckabee
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