Hopewell is a former

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Rio Arriba County Rio Arriba County () is a List of counties in New Mexico, county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 40,363. Its county seat is Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, Tierra Amarilla. Its ...

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, United States. It is located in the Tusas Mountains just above Hopewell Lake, approximately ½ mile south of

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.Burdett, William H. (editor) (1998) ''The Roads of New Mexico'' (2nd edition) Shearer Publishing, Fredericksburg, Texas, page 21, It was named for rancher and promoter Willard S. Hopewell and had a U.S. Post Office from 1894 to 1906. There are a number of old prospect pits in the area, as well as a snowpack measuring station that was established in 1993."Rocky Mountain Regional Snowpack Chemistry: Hopewell, New Mexico"
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