Description
Hope is located population 44, on N end of Kenai Peninsula, near mouth of Resurrection Creek, 7 mi. NW of Sunrise, Chugach Mts.
History
Mining camp. called "Hope City," established about 1896. The population was 44 in 1920; 15 in 1930; 71 in 1939; and 63 in 1950. The Hope post office was established in 1897 (Ricks, 1965,p. 27).