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History in
a Pecan Shell
The community came into being prior to the Texas Revolution and
took it’s name from the trading post. The population peaked just prior
to the Civil War and although figures aren’t available, it is said
that out of one hundred Confederate Volunteers from Hope, only seven
made it home at the end of the war.
Most residents were German immigrants and church services and schooling
were conducted in that language. A post office was opened in 1857,
closing in 1906, the first community school was built that same time.
It’s not known what effect the Great Depression had on Hope, but after
WWII the population
had decreased to just 50.
In the mid 1980s the community still had two churches and two stores,
although the population had shrunk to only ten residents. Many members
of the congregations of the two churches lived in Yoakum.
The few remaining residents of Hope collected the money to buy the
closed school – which was restored as a community center. The present
population has been used since 1990. |
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