Hopewell, Kansas Cemetery.
Hopewell, Kansas, is an extinct town located in the Rattlesnake Creek Valley of Pratt County. It got its start as a post office on November 25, 1904. However, it was short-lived and closed on January 31, 1908.
The post office reopened under the name of Fravel on February 2, 1916. However, the name was changed back to Hopewell on July 2, 1921.
Afterward, the town finally began to grow a little after a railroad came through. Soon, the Farmers’ State Bank of Hopewell opened. The bank building housed the post office for a short time. However, the bank didn’t last long, closing in the mid-1920s.
At various times, the town featured a general store, a hotel, grain elevators, a blacksmith shop, a hardware store, a lumberyard, a school, and a church.
Hopewell’s post office closed on February 8, 1973. Afterward, the mail was delivered from Macksville.
Although the town is gone, a few buildings remain in the area, and the Hopewell Cemetery still stands just west of the old community.
Hopewell was about 25 miles northwest of Pratt and 10 miles south of Macksville. It is located near the intersection of NW 140th Avenue and NW 110th Street.
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of Kansas, July 2025.
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Sources:
Blackmar, Frank W.; Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Vol I; Standard Publishing Company, Chicago, IL 1912.
Kansas Ghost Towns
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