Английская Википедия:Hopeton, California

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Шаблон:Infobox settlement Hopeton (formerly Forlorn Hope and, later, Hopetown) is an unincorporated community in Merced County, California.[1] It is located Шаблон:Convert north-northeast of Atwater,[2] at an elevation of 184 feet (56 m).[1]

Hopeton is located in the Merced River bottom west of Snelling. A church was present at the townsite as early as 1852, and by 1881 the town had a population of over 1000. The Hopeton School District survived until 1973.[3]

The first name of the place was Forlorn Hope, after a battle term.[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]

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