Mount Hope, Lawrence County, Alabama

Mount Hope is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama, United States.[1] Its ZIP code is 35651.[2]

Mount Hope, Alabama
Unincorporated community
Mount
Hope
Mount
Hope
Coordinates: 34°27′30″N 87°28′54″W
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyLawrence
Elevation
640 ft (200 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
35651
Area code(s)256 & 938
GNIS feature ID160152[1]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
188094—
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

Mount Hope appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated community of 94 residents. This was the only time it appeared on census rolls.

1985 School Fire

In 1985, Mount Hope High School was burned down, forcing students to watch the school burn down helplessly; most of the students were woken up from their sleep to watch their school burn down in the dark of midnight. Classes were temporarily held in the current Mount Hope School, which is deteriorating due to the nearby Hatton School System and Tharptown School Systems; the high school was never reconstructed.

Notable person

Mount Hope was the birthplace of Russell McWhortor Cunningham, acting governor of Alabama from 1904–1905.[4]

Notes
  1. "Mount Hope, Lawrence County, Alabama". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. "Russell Cunningham". Alabama Department of Archives and History. August 4, 2009.


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