Hopewell is an

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, United States. It is at the eastern terminus of Oregon Route 153, south of

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and a few miles west of Wheatland, at the east base of the

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. Hopewell post office was established in 1897, and closed out to Amity in 1903. Hopewell is now served by the Salem post office. The name Hopewell does not appear in the

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s of the 1880s. Hopewell was the home of George K. Gay, who voted in the May 1843 Champoeg Meeting that created the

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, and built the first brick residence in the state of Oregon near Hopewell in 1842. Gay's great-grandson, singer

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, spent his early years in Hopewell.

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Historic images of Hopewell
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