Hopeton, California

Hopeton
Unincorporated community
Hopeton Location in California
Coordinates: 37°29′30″N 120°31′52″W / 37.49167°N 120.53111°W / 37.49167; -120.53111Coordinates: 37°29′30″N 120°31′52″W / 37.49167°N 120.53111°W / 37.49167; -120.53111
Country	United States
State	California
County	Merced County
Elevation^[1]	184 ft (56 m)

Hopeton (formerly Forlorn Hope and, later, Hopetown) is an unincorporated community in Merced County, California.^[1] It is located 10.5 miles (17 km) north-northeast of Atwater,^[2] at an elevation of 184 feet (56 m).^[1]

The first name of the place was Forlorn Hope.^[2] The Forlorn post office operated from 1854 to 1859, and from 1860 to 1861.^[2] The Hopeton post office operated from 1866 to 1894 and from 1911 to 1914.^[2]

References

1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hopeton, California
1 2 3 4 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 783. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

Municipalities and communities of Merced County, California, United States

County seat: Merced

Cities	Atwater Dos Palos Gustine Livingston Los Banos Merced

CDPs	Ballico Bear Creek Cressey Delhi Dos Palos Y El Nido Franklin Hilmar-Irwin Le Grand McSwain Planada Santa Nella Snelling South Dos Palos Stevinson Tuttle University of California Merced Volta Winton

Unincorporated communities	Amsterdam Arena Athlone Brito Buhach Calpack Castle Gardens Cortez Fergus Fluhr Hamburg Farms Hilmar Hopeton Ingomar Irwin Kadota Lingard Merced Falls Plainsburg Santa Rita Park The Grove Trent

Ghost towns	Abbato Agatha Aladdin Alcant Alexandria Arundel Bellevue Brickville Burchell Central Point Charleston Chester Colony Center Cuba Dickenson Edendale Elgin Ferrin Gadwall Gracey Gwin Hoff La Branza Linora Lone Willow Station Marguerite Nairn Newton's Crossing Ortigalito Plainsburg St. Louis Ranch Sturgeon Tenger Union Yam

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