| Hopemont | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of West Virginia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Preston |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2503 |
| Coordinates: | 39.4372°N -79.5172°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1549749 |
Hopemont is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. It is located to the east of Terra Alta and is the home of Hopemont State Hospital, originally created as the West Virginia State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. According to the Geographic Names Information System, Hopemont has also been known as Rinards Crossing.
The following poem appeared in the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, on July 7, 1922. The author was Sally Godbey, who gave her address as the “State T.B. Sanitarium, Hopemont, Terra Alta, W.Va.”
THE HOPEMONT BLUES
When the night birds’ soft notes falling,Melodies sweet float on the air,Then my thoughts go back to Logan,And the friends that I left there.
When the sighing night-winds moaning,Groaning through the old oak treesand the strain of “Home Sweet Home”Carry softly on the breeze,
Then is when my thoughts go roaming,Filled with memories old and newDays of gladness, days of sadness,Nights so happy, nights so blue.
Though there’s many miles between us,Little town I love you yet,And I long to hurry back,For I’m homesick and regret
That I ever left you Logan,But I had to, so they say.I’m lonesome for the old home town,And I’m coming back some day,
They say that you are a dull little town,They spell it with a capital D.They wish that they could get away,But you are all the world to me,
And though the world is a very big placeMy home has always been with you.And I find you quite a nice little town,With friends both kind and true.