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3 unusual facts about Hopewell Township


Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

One-time National Football League player and Hall-of-Famer Tony Dorsett played football for the Hopewell Vikings, setting several records during his high school career, then moving to the Pitt Panthers, and the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos of the NFL, setting even more records and ensuring his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey

In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 52.9% of the vote here (779 ballots cast), ahead of both Democrat Jon Corzine with 38.2% (563 votes) and Independent Chris Daggett with 5.5% (81 votes), with 1,472 ballots cast among the township's 3,095 registered voters, yielding a 47.6% turnout.

Portions of the township have been taken to form Columbia Township (March 12, 1844, returned to Hopewell Township on March 11, 1845), Cohansey Township (March 6, 1848) and Shiloh borough (April 9, 1929).


Marion Township, New Jersey

Marion was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 22, 1838, from portions of Hopewell Township.


see also

Keystone Bridge Company

Valley Road Bridge, Stewartstown Railroad, Stewartstown RR tracks over Valley Rd., Hopewell Township Stewartstown, PA (Keystone Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed