May 11, 1939

The Arkansas Supreme Court declared Hope as Hempstead County’s seat after five bitterly fought elections to move the courthouse from Washington to Hope. An act of Congress in May 1824 had named Washington the county seat, but Hope citizens believed their town had become the commercial center of the county and its location was more accessible.

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