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History · Newhope

Newhope’s post office opened in 1878

Most of Newhope was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988.

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How Newhope began

When was Newhope founded?

1878

The Newhope post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 169148 years
Founding year: the first Newhope post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Newhope, in brief

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Newhope is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Pike County, Arkansas, United States. Newhope is located at the junction of U.S. Route 70 and Arkansas Highway 369, 8 miles (13 km) west of Daisy. Newhope has a post office with ZIP code 71959. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 169.

Its first post office opened in 1878.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Newhope

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Clark DukeAmerican actor · b. 1985
LuenellAmerican comedian and actress · b. 1959
Trevor BardetteAmerican actor · b. 1902
Eurith D. RiversAmerican politician: Governor of Georgia · b. 1895
Wes WatkinsAmerican politician · b. 1938
Collin RayeAmerican country music singer · b. 1959

Questions about Newhope’s history

What year was Newhope founded?

The Newhope post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.