# Hopefield, Arkansas

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**Hopefield** was a small community on the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River) in [Crittenden County, Arkansas](/source/Crittenden_County,_Arkansas).[1] Its location is near or included within the current limits of the city of [West Memphis, Arkansas](/source/West_Memphis,_Arkansas).[2][3] It was a ferry crossing point to [Memphis, Tennessee](/source/Memphis,_Tennessee),[2] and was served by an east-west rail line built by the [Memphis and Little Rock Railroad](/source/Memphis_and_Little_Rock_Railroad) that eventually became a mainline of the [Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway](/source/Chicago,_Rock_Island_and_Pacific_Railway).[4][5] During the American Civil War General [Stephen Hurlbut](/source/Stephen_Hurlbut) had the town burned to combat rebel activity.[2] It was rebuilt, hit by a series of [Yellow Fever](/source/Yellow_Fever) epidemics, and diminished by erosion.[2] Hopefield Chute, an Ox Bow also called Dacus Lake, and Hopefield Lake are in the area, as well as some remains.[2] [G. W. Watson](/source/G._W._Watson) moved there.

## History

The area was once known as **Camp Esperanza** under Spanish rule.[6] In the 1840s there were plans to develop land in the area.[7] Several locations in the area were surveyed and marked.[8]

An 1880 report discusses the area being quarantined with mounted men stationed to patrol it.[9]

## References

1. ["Encyclopedia of Arkansas"](https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/hopefield-crittenden-county-5602/). *Encyclopedia of Arkansas*

1. ["West Memphis"](https://www.arkansas.com/west-memphis). Discover Arkansas. Retrieved March 22, 2023.

1. ["The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad (M&LR)"](https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/memphis-and-little-rock-railroad-2304/). Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved March 21, 2023.

1. ["Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association"](https://books.google.com/books?id=WQY7AAAAIAAJ&q=hopefield+arkansas&pg=PA271). The Association. February 15, 1911. – via Google Books.

1. Shinn, Josiah Hazen (February 15, 1908). ["Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas"](https://books.google.com/books?id=GdKkAxrFPt4C&q=hopefield+arkansas&pg=PA41). Genealogical and Historical Publishing Company. – via Google Books.

1. Court, Arkansas Supreme (February 15, 1918). ["Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas, at the ..."](https://books.google.com/books?id=OwlQAQAAIAAJ&q=hopefield+arkansas&pg=PA489). Woodruff Print. Company. – via Google Books.

1. Survey, U. S. Coast and Geodetic & Sutcliffe, Walter Draper (February 15, 1934). ["First-order Triangulation and Traverse in Arkansas (1927 Datum)"](https://books.google.com/books?id=iiqlZhQuc9IC&q=hopefield+arkansas&pg=PA71). U.S. Government Printing Office. – via Google Books.

1. Association, American Public Health (February 15, 1880). ["Public Health Papers and Reports"](https://books.google.com/books?id=XiPQAAAAMAAJ&q=hopefield+arkansas&pg=PA128). American Public Health Association. – via Google Books.

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