Hope Mills, North Carolina
Overview
Hope Mills is a town in Cumberland County
, North Carolina
, United States
. The population was 15,176 at the 2010 census.
Hope Mills is located at 34°58′14"N 78°57′24"W (34.970679, -78.956603).
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the town has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16.1 km²), of which 6.1 square miles (15.8 km²) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²) (2.40%) is water, including Hope Mills Lake
.
Chartered in 1891, Hope Mills can trace its beginning back to 1766, when due to the wealth of natural water power and the abundance of timber, a lumber camp
, saw mill, grist mill and pottery business were established.
Cumberland County, North Carolina
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 302,963 people, 107,358 households, and 77,619 families residing in the county. The population density was 464 people per square mile . There were 118,425 housing units at an average density of 181 per square mile...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 15,176 at the 2010 census.
Hope Mills is located at 34°58′14"N 78°57′24"W (34.970679, -78.956603).
According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the town has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16.1 km²), of which 6.1 square miles (15.8 km²) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²) (2.40%) is water, including Hope Mills Lake
Hope Mills Lake
Hope Mills Lake, also referred to as Hope Mills Lake #1, was a lake in Hope Mills in Cumberland County, North Carolina which was fed by Little Rockfish Creek. It was a mill pond that was created in 1839 by the Hope Mills Dam for the first cotton mill of what was Little Rockfish Village at the time...
.
Chartered in 1891, Hope Mills can trace its beginning back to 1766, when due to the wealth of natural water power and the abundance of timber, a lumber camp
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
, saw mill, grist mill and pottery business were established.
