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Quick Facts

Former name

Geographic location

City Hall

East Hope City Hall
146 W Main Street
Hope, ID 83836
(208) 264-5314

Resources

Biography

Cemeteries

Church History and Records

Directories

The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, regional and state directories.

Funeral Homes

Coffelt Funeral Service
109 N Division Avenue
Sandpoint, Idaho 83864
(208) 263-3133
Lakeview Funeral Home
301 S Olive Avenue
Sandpoint, Idaho 83864
(208) 263-3180
Sherman & Knapp Funeral Home Incorporated
118 Wakena Lane
Priest River, Idaho 83856
(208) 448-1012

History

In 1882 the Northern Pacific Railroad built its transcontinental rail line along the east bench of Lake Pend Oreille. A veterinarian railroad employee with the last name of Hope is where the name came from. In 1901 the Hope Lumber Company built a sawmill near the lakeshore, the community was built around the sawmill and was call East Hope after the City of Hope.

Maps

Military History and Records

Minorities

Newspapers

Historical

There are no copies of East Hope newspapers found in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise, Idaho, but papers of nearby towns/cities that are in the Archives could be of interest to East Hope residents.

Obituaries

School Records

Websites

References


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