Official Name: | Good Hope, Georgia |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Coordinates: | 33.7869°N -83.6097°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
Subdivision Name2: | Walton |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Randy Garret [1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.84 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.87 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.77 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.84 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.07 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
Elevation M: | 243 |
Elevation Ft: | 797 |
Population Total: | 339 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | 71.04 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 184.04 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 30641 |
Area Code: | 470/678/770 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 13-33896[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0314680[4] |
Good Hope is a town in Walton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 339 in 2020.
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place as the Town of Good Hope in 1905.[5] The community was so named on account of the first settlers' "good hope" their town would grow to become prosperous.[6]
Good Hope is located at 33.7869°N -83.6097°W (33.786925, -83.609638).[7]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.8sqmi, of which 1.8sqmi is land and 0.56% is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 210 people, 85 households, and 66 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population was 339.
Moina Michael, a.k.a., the Poppy Lady, was born in the town of Good Hope, in 1869. She pioneered the symbol of the silk poppy in tribute to World War I veterans.