Hope, NM

Hope is a village in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 113 residents. Hope is located approximately 20 miles west of Artesia on U.S. Route 82. Hope has had a post office since 1890. The K-8 school Peñasco Elementary School is west of Hope, and serves the Hope community. 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. Founded in 1884 as "Badgerville", the name was changed in 1890 for post office purposes. US 82 passes through the center of the village, leading east 20 miles to Artesia and west 90 miles over the Sacramento Mountains to Alamogordo.