Hope, Kentucky

Hope is an unincorporated community within Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States.

Hope
Hope
Location within the state of Kentucky
Hope
Hope (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°00′57″N 83°46′23″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMontgomery
Elevation
801 ft (244 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
40334
GNIS feature ID508277[1]

A post office was established in 1890. According to one source, the town may have been given the name Hope by its first postmaster when, after unsuccessfully submitting several names to the post office, he finally submitted Hope in the 'hope' this time it would be accepted.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hope, Kentucky
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 143. Retrieved 2013-04-28.


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