Hopewell
Unincorporated community
Marker on Oregon Route 221 commemorating early Hopewell resident George Gay
Marker on Oregon Route 221 commemorating early Hopewell resident George Gay
Coordinates: 45°05′49″N 123°05′31″W / 45.09694°N 123.09194°W / 45.09694; -123.09194
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyYamhill
Elevation
[1]
164 ft (50 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97304
Area code(s)503 and 971
GNIS feature ID1136392[1]

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.[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.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hopewell, Oregon
  2. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  3. 1 2 "George Gay House near Hopewell". Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved September 1, 2007.


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