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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.

Hopedale within Tazewell County

Population over time

3 figures

Hopedale 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.

YearPeople Change
2000929
2010865-64 (-7%)
2020830-35 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Adwell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ben Bollinger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
C. Frank PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clouse Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hurley Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lucy Bolliger Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mcmullen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Woods Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tazewell County

Storms near this place

29 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Thunderstorm WindHopedale$35,000Several power poles were blown down. In addition, the roof of a shed was damaged and 4 pear trees were toppled.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindHopedale$20,000A grain bin was damaged.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindHopedale$20,000A 45 by 50-foot pole barn under construction was blown over.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHopedale$15,000A 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 2015Thunderstorm WindHopedale$2,000A power line was blown down on Oak Street in Hopedale.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindHopedale-A house sustained siding damage as well as damage to a wooden fence. Loose outdoor items were blown around.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHopedale-A large garage or outbuilding collapsed.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHopedale-Several tree branches and power lines were blown down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHopedale-A large tree limb was blown down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHopedale-Several large trees were blown down. A garage was shifted off its foundation.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindHopedale-Numerous tree limbs blown down across town.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHopedale-A machine shed lost a small portion of its roof in Hopedale. Also, numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Morton.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindHopedale-Several trees were blown down in Armington.
April 2023HailHopedale-no account filed
July 2020HailHopedale-no account filed
May 2019HailHopedale-no account filed
May 2019HailHopedale-no account filed
May 2019HailHopedale-no account filed
May 2019HailHopedale-no account filed
May 2019HailHopedale-no account filed
April 2015HailHopedale-no account filed
April 2012HailHopedale-no account filed
May 2011HailHopedale-no account filed
May 2011HailHopedale-no account filed
May 2010HailHopedale-no account filed
January 2008HailHopedale-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHopedale-no account filed
May 2000HailHopedale-no account filed
August 1997HailHopedale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tazewell County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mindale2.4 miles13
Sutter2.9 miles13
Fravert3.0 miles13
Brownwood3.6 miles14
Richmond4.8 miles13
Boynton4.9 miles14
Walnut4.9 miles13
Minier5.4 miles13

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 HopedaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q932830The 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.