Good Hope is a village in McDonough County,

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. Its population was 363 at the 2020 census.

History

Early in its history the town was also at times spelled "Goodhope". It was settled by 1840.Andrew Jenson, ''LDS Biographical Encyclopedia'' Vol. 1, p. 136

Geography

Good Hope is located in northern McDonough County at .

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passes through the village as Monmouth Street, leading south to Macomb, the

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, and north to Roseville. According to the

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, Good Hope has a total area of , all land. The village is drained to the south by tributaries of Town Fork, an east-flowing tributary of Farm Fork, the

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, and eventually the

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 415 people, 175 households, and 120 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 181 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.28%

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, 0.24%

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, 0.24% from

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, and 0.24% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.48% of the population. There were 175 households, out of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% were

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living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.93. In the village, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males. The median income for a household in the village was $37,386, and the median income for a family was $41,964. Males had a median income of $31,250 versus $21,000 for females. The

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for the village was $14,555. About 7.2% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the

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, including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Good Hope is part of the

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. Students attend elementary school at North Elementary located in Good Hope and Middle School in Colchester. Students then go on to attend

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in Colchester.

References

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