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History · East Hope

22% of East Hope’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1949 on and the census since 1920.

0on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940

What stands out about East Hope’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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Start East Hope’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Hope’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story so far

East Hope, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of East Hope yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

East Hope is a city in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. The population was 229 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 210 to 229 (+9%).

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

By decade

East Hope, decade by decade

On the map

East Hope on the map, 1949 to 1996

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Hope. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

East Hope on the 1949 USGS mapEast Hope on the 1951 USGS mapEast Hope on the 1989 USGS mapEast Hope on the 1996 USGS map1949Packsaddle Mtn sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of East Hope.

People over time

East Hope, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 258

Between 115 and 258 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on East Hope’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to East Hope

Nobody well known was born in East Hope itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Questions about East Hope’s history

Memory lane

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.