Hopewell
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Marker on Oregon Route 221 commemorating early Hopewell resident George Gay
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| Coordinates: 45°05′49″N 123°05′31″W / 45.09694°N 123.09194°W / 45.09694; -123.09194 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Yamhill |
| Elevation | 164 ft (50 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code |
97304
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| Area code(s) | 503 and 971 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1136392[1] |
Hopewell is an unincorporated communityinYamhill 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.[2] Hopewell is now served by the Salem post office. The name Hopewell does not appear in the gazetteers of the 1880s.[2]
Hopewell was the home of George K. Gay,[3] 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.[3] Gay's great-grandson, singer Johnnie Ray, spent his early years in Hopewell.
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Municipalities and communities of Yamhill County, Oregon, United States
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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