Hopedale (Illinois)

Tazewell County

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Hopedale is a village in Tazewell County in the center of the U.S. state of Illinois. Hopedale is located 39 km south of Peoria in central part of Illinois.

In 2000, Hopedale had 929 inhabitants; at the official estimate 2009 932 have been identified.

Geography

Hopedales geographical coordinates loud 40 ° 25 'N, 89 ° 25' W40.422222222222 - 89.417777777778 ( 40.422265, -89.417799 ). Hopedale lies in a heavily dominated by agriculture area in the center of the state of Illinois.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.3 km ², consisting entirely of the country. The railway line of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad cuts through the district of the town from southwest to northeast, but the highest residential buildings northwest of it. Drained the area by the current flowing from east to west Indian Creek, a tributary of the Mackinaw River. The Illinois State Route 122 runs west-east - account and forms the northern border district. It combines Hopedale westward with attraction in the nearby junction of Interstate 155 and east of the Illinois State Route 9 to Bloomington.

History

Hopedale was founded in 1827 by Asron Orendorff. Orendorff was that the place is called Osceola.

However, already some place exsistierten under that name in Illinois and so they gave the place the name of the Hopedale Township, within which lies the place. On August 12 1853 a post office was established in 1872 Hopedale was incorporated as a Village. In 1868, two railway companies built the railway line through the town, which is still in use.

1954 in Hopedale medical center was built. It performs both operations and rehabilitation and support measures.