Hope, Kentucky

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Hope, Kentucky
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Coordinates: 38°00′57″N83°46′23″W / 38.01583°N 83.77306°W / 38.01583; -83.77306 Coordinates: 38°00′57″N83°46′23″W / 38.01583°N 83.77306°W / 38.01583; -83.77306
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Montgomery
Elevation
801 ft (244 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
40334
GNIS feature ID508277 [1]

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

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]

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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. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved 2013-04-28.