Hope’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Hope. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHope is a city in Steele County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 272 at the 2020 census. Hope was founded in 1881.
Hope was established in 1881. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 258 to 272 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1962.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hope yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Hope’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hope’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Grand Central Hotel at Hope, …, 1866–1920: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hope, decade by decade
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Grand Central Hotel at Hope, D.T. (Dakota Territory), the end of the Manatoba (Manitoba) west branch in August 1882… (1866–1920) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.