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Mount Hope, West Virginia

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The city of Mount Hope is located in Fayette County.

Typical abbreviation for Mount Hope: Mt. Hope (or less commonly used: Mnt. Hope)

Mount Hope is 530 feet [161.54 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Mount Hope lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Mount Hope can be found in:

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 CaliforniaNew York
 ConnecticutOhio
 Georgia (historic<2>)Ontario
 KansasPennsylvania
 KentuckyPrince Edward Island
 MarylandTennessee
 MassachusettsVirginia
 MissouriWashington
 Nevada (historic)Wisconsin
 New Brunswick 

At the time of the 2000 Census, Mount Hope had a population of 1,487 people<3> (or 3.13% of the total population of Fayette County). The population of Mount Hope represented 0.08% of the total of West Virginia, making it the state's 85th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Mount Hope had a population of 1,381 people. This is a decrease of 7.13% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Mount Hope.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000		Year-to-Year Change
20081,381-7.13%-0.22% since 2007
20071,384-6.93%-0.29% since 2006
20061,388-6.66%-0.64% since 2005
20051,397-6.05% 
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20001,487The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Ansted   N17 mi [27.36 km]1,577---
 Beckley   S8 mi [12.87 km]16,8322.45% decrease
 Fayetteville   N11 mi [17.7 km]2,6633.3% decrease
 Gauley Bridge   N19 mi [30.58 km]6906.5% decrease
 Lester   SW13 mi [20.92 km]3142.48% decrease
 Mabscott   S8 mi [12.87 km]1,3503.78% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Mount Hope.


The Commemorative Quarter for West Virginia
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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Mount Hope? Please visit the Map Page for Mount Hope.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Hope - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mount Hope, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mount Hope.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Mount Hope and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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