Hope Valley, Rhode Island
| Hope Valley, Rhode Island | |
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First Baptist Church
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 Hope Valley, Rhode Island
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| Coordinates: 41°30′43″N 71°42′55″W / 41.51194°N 71.71528°WCoordinates: 41°30′43″N 71°42′55″W / 41.51194°N 71.71528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Rhode Island |
| County | Washington |
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| • Total | 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km2) |
| • Land | 3.3 sq mi (8.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 85 ft (26 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,649 |
| • Density | 499.0/sq mi (192.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 02832 |
| Area code(s) | 401 |
| FIPS code | 44-34660 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1217875 |
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Hope Valley Historic District
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| Location | Main St., Hopkinton, Rhode Island |
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| Built | 1770 |
| NRHP Reference # | 04000654 |
| Added to NRHP | July 3, 2004 |
Hope Valley is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Hopkinton in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,649 at the 2000 census. Hope Valley is the largest village in Hopkinton and the town's principal commercial center. While the village of Hope Valley is located in Hopkinton, its zip code, 02832, extends into the neighboring town of Richmond.
The central portion of the village was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 as the Hope Valley Historic District. The 183-acre (74 ha) historic district includes 134 contributing buildings and three other contributing structures.
The earliest European-American settlement of the village site was by Hezekiah Carpenter, who arrived in 1770 and dammed the Wood River and built several small water-powered mills. His settlement was called Carpenter's Mills. Around 1818 a tannery was built at the site. The textile industry arrived in 1824, when Gardner Nichols and Russell Thayer bought the existing mills and began to operate them for carding of wool; fulling, coloring and finishing of cloth; and manufacture of textile machinery.
The formerly separate village of Locustville, which grew up along Brushy Brook, is now part of Hope Valley. A dam and mill were built at the site of Locustville in 1820. In the late 19th century the Locustville mill property was taken over by the Nichols and Langworthy Company, which had operated the Hope Valley mills since 1835.
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