Hopewell Virginia is in the Tri-Cities area of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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11 Facts About Hopewell Virginia
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Hopewell Virginia's property included most of the present day city of Hopewell and Eppes Island, a plantation across the James River from City Point.
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Unlike most cities in Virginia, Hopewell was never incorporated as a town, but it was incorporated as an independent city in 1916.
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Hopewell Virginia made national news when, on December 22,1935, a bus plunged through the open draw of the Appomattox River Drawbridge on State Route 10 just outside Hopewell Virginia's city limits.
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Hopewell Virginia is located at the confluence of the Appomattox and James rivers.
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The LifeSciences facility in Hopewell Virginia was the world's only manufacturer of Kepone, producing up to 6,000 pounds daily.
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Hopewell Virginia is the location of several large chemical plants owned by the Honeywell Corporation, Ashland, Evonik Industries, as well as a Green Plains Inc ethanol plant and paper mill owned by WestRock.
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In 1983, Hopewell Virginia again received negative publicity from the national news media when it was discovered that Evelyn Rust Wells, an elderly woman, had been held captive and terrorized in her home in the City Point section.
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Hopewell Virginia has encouraged re-development along its waterfront areas along the James and Appomattox Rivers, in the downtown area, and the City Point Historic District, as well as the sites of several long vacant industrial plants.
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However, this statistic has been denied by the sheriff of Hopewell Virginia, who was baffled as to where that information was generated as he said the deputies working on I-295 only work eight-hour shifts.
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Hopewell Virginia News, locally managed and operated by HPC Media, was an 8,000 circulation twice-weekly newspaper that covers local news, sports and events of interest to the communities of Hopewell Virginia, Enon and Prince George.
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