Hope

Village in Flintshire, northeast Wales, on the River Alyn; population (2001) 2,500. The surrounding area is mainly agricultural. There is a ruined castle at Caergwrle nearby.

Hope

City and seat of Hempstead County, in southwestern Arkansas, 48 km/30 mi northeast of Texarkana; population (2000) 10,600. The city is the birthplace (1946) of President Bill Clinton, who grew up in the district of Hot Springs.

Founded in 1852 as a station on the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, Hope developed as a commercial and shipping centre for local farmers and lumber merchants. Agriculture and logging are still important here; the area is particularly known for its cultivation of watermelons. An agricultural experimental station of the University of Arkansas is situated nearby, and Washington, site of the Confederate State Capital (1863-65), lies 13 km/8 mi to the northwest.

President Clinton returned to Hope in March 1999 for the dedication of his boyhood home at 117 South Hervey Street. The house was restored as a museum.

Hope

Hamlet within Pilot township, Vermilion County, east-central Illinois, 27 km/17 mi northwest of Danville. It is a farming community and the birthplace of the writers Carl and Mark Van Doren (in 1885 and 1894, respectively).