Hope is a city in Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas, United States. Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County and the principal city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,095, and in 2019 the population was estimated at 9,599.
Downtown Hope
Street scene in Hope, circa 1904
Hope Public Schools building
Boyhood Home of Bill Clinton Hope, Arkansas
Hempstead County, Arkansas
Hempstead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,065, down from 22,609 at the 2010 census. The county seat is Hope. Hempstead County is Arkansas's fourth county, formed on December 15, 1818, alongside Clark and Pulaski counties. The county is named for Edward Hempstead, a delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Missouri Territory, which included present-day Arkansas at the time. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
Image: Hope May 2018 11 (Farmers Bank & Trust)
Image: Hope May 2018 26 (Hempstead County Courthouse)
Image: President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site May 2018 3 (Bill Clinton Birthplace)
Image: Hope Watermelon Festival 002
