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Map of Maine with town location in red
Population   N.  Latitude  44:15:20
1970  500   W. Longitude 69:11:19
  Knox County
1980 730   Maine House Dist. 60
  Maine Senate Dist. 11,12
1990 1,017   Congress District 1
 
2000 1,310   Area in square mi.  23.9
  Population/sq.mi. 60

 

HOPE

[HOOPE] is a town in Knox County, settled in 1782 and incorporated on February 7, 1843 from Barretstown Plantation.

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Hope Historical Society in a Classic Farmhouse

Located just northwest of Camden on Maine Routes 105 and 235, Hope has a cluster of lakes and ponds attractive to summer vacationers.

The town's population grew nearly 29 percent in the 1990-2000 decade and has nearly doubled in the past twenty years.

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Church and Veterans Memorial in Hope