Hope, NJ

Hope is a township in Warren County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The 2010 census counted 1,952 residents. Hope Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1839, from portions of Knowlton Township and Oxford Township, based on the results of a referendum held that day. Liberty Township was created on March 25, 1926, from portions of the township. Land of Make Believe is an amusement park opened in 1954 oriented towards younger children. Hope makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap.

The useful thing to know about Hope is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. Hope is one of the earliest planned communities in the United States, having been established by German Moravians in 1769. Early planning maps detail planned locations of streets, homes, wells, businesses, farms, a school, tavern, and church. The township is located in the Kittatinny Valley, which is a section of the Great Appalachian Valley that stretches 700 miles from Canada to Alabama.