Hopedale, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Hopedale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61747. The Survey maps it on the Hopedale quadrangle. 830 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 643 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresHopedale fell from 929 to 830 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 929 | |
| 2010 | 865 | -64 (-7%) |
| 2020 | 830 | -35 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1951 USGS Minier quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hopedale quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Hopedale quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hopedale: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adwell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ben Bollinger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C. Frank Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Clouse Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hurley Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lucy Bolliger Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mcmullen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Morris Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Woods Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopedale in 29 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 15 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | $35,000 | Several power poles were blown down. In addition, the roof of a shed was damaged and 4 pear trees were toppled. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | $20,000 | A grain bin was damaged. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | $20,000 | A 45 by 50-foot pole barn under construction was blown over. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | $15,000 | A large, rotten tree was snapped about 10 feet above the ground. Numerous large branches were blown down. A strip of tin was torn from a metal roof and a flag pole was bent to the ground. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | $2,000 | A power line was blown down on Oak Street in Hopedale. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | - | A house sustained siding damage as well as damage to a wooden fence. Loose outdoor items were blown around. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | - | A large garage or outbuilding collapsed. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | - | Several tree branches and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | - | A large tree limb was blown down. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | - | Several large trees were blown down. A garage was shifted off its foundation. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | - | Numerous tree limbs blown down across town. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | - | A machine shed lost a small portion of its roof in Hopedale. Also, numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Morton. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | - | Several trees were blown down in Armington. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| January 2008 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Hopedale | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hopedale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q932830 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 410509. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








