Hopewell, Pennsylvania | |
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Coordinates: 40°8′2″N 78°16′0″W / 40.13389°N 78.26667°WCoordinates: 40°8′2″N 78°16′0″W / 40.13389°N 78.26667°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Bedford |
Settled | 1855 |
Incorporated | 1895 |
Government | |
• Type | Borough Council |
• Mayor | Barry Thomas |
Area | |
• Total | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
• Land | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 230 |
• Density | 2,024/sq mi (781.3/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Zip code | 16650 |
Area code(s) | 814 |
Hopewell is a borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 230 at the 2010 census.
Hopewell is located in northeastern Bedford County in the narrow valley of the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River. Riddlesburg Mountain rises to the east. The borough is bordered on the east by Broad Top Township and on the west by Hopewell Township.
Pennsylvania Route 915 passes through the borough as Water Street and Front Street. It leads southeast 7 miles (11 km) to Wells Tannery and 14 miles (23 km) to U.S. Route 30 on top of Sideling Hill. To the north it ends just outside the borough at Pennsylvania Route 26, which leads southwest 14 miles (23 km) to Everett and northeast 32 miles (51 km) to Huntingdon.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Hopewell has a total area of 0.11 square miles (0.29 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 222 people, 90 households, and 51 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,836.9 people per square mile (714.3/km²). There were 111 housing units at an average density of 918.4 per square mile (357.1/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 100.00% White.