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Hempstead County Courthouse at Hope

Hope, Hempstead County

Photograph of Hempstead County Courthouse at Hope
Photo: Brandonrush, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons License. Source

New courthouse associated with the contested relocation of the county seat from Washington to Hope.

This short description comes from the inventory details. A fuller story hasn’t been written yet.

Kind of place
Courthouses, post offices and city halls
Built by
Public Works Administration (PWA)
When
1939 to 1940
Where
Hope, Hempstead County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.