Hope Arkansas and Hempstead CountyWelcome to Hope Arkansas! We've had strong ties to Hope all of our lives, for decades, and we still have many relatives and good friends there. We know the town and the surrounding communities well. We've made the trip from Shreveport, Louisiana to Arkansas hundreds of times! Hope is the birthplace of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton ... and world championship watermelons! Whether you are a newcomer to Hope, a long-time resident, or a visitor, we trust this site will be a central source for information relative to local governments in the Hope and Hempstead County area, tourism, photographs, area towns such as Historic Old Washington, railways, and much more! The current population of Hope is about 10,500. At an elevation of 350’, Hope is about 30 miles northeast of Texarkana USA and 120 miles southwest of the capital city of Little Rock, via Interstate Highway 30, and about 90 miles north of Shreveport Louisiana. Well known citizens include Paul Klipsch, the creator of one of the world’s most famous loudspeakers. Also, former US President Bill Clinton was born in Hope in 1946. His birthplace has been renovated and is open to the public, and recently became a property of the National Park Service. Be sure to visit our Hope Arkansas Postcard Collection and Hope Retrospective photographs, as well as our brief history of Hope and the KCS Railway in Hope photos!
We'll look back in the at the impact of the railroad and how Hope was named, the, and the downtown structures of the past that survive today! Just as we are anchored in today's Hope, we remain interested in its history, and share that interest with local residents, and visitors alike, in this Web site. We are connected to nearby communities such as Oak Grove, Springhill, Patmos, Bodcaw, Stamps and Rosston. We like to stay in contact with Emmet, Nashville, Fulton, Blevins and Prescott. Welcome to Hope!
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