It's named Hopewell because an early resident hoped his iron furnace operation would be as successful as that of one in Pennsylvania (now the Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site).
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Much of the forest was logged and used as charcoal to fuel local blast furnaces such as the Hopewell Furnace, Joanna Furnace, and the Warwick Furnace.