New Hope is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The population was 2,528 at the 2010 census. New Hope is located
approximately 30 mi (48 km) north of Philadelphia, and lies on the
west bank of the Delaware River at its confluence with Aquetong Creek.
The two-lane New Hopeâ€"Lambertville Bridge carries automobile and
foot traffic across the Delaware to Lambertville, New Jersey on the
east bank.New Hope's primary industry is tourism.New Hope's primary
industry is tourism.New Hope is located along the route of the Old
York Road, the former main highway between Philadelphia and New York
City. It was generally regarded as the halfway point, where travelers
would stay overnight and be ferried across the Delaware River the next
morning. The section of U.S. Route 202 that passes just north of New
Hope is still named York Road, and the original route is now known as
Bridge Street (PA 179).New Hope was first called "Coryell's Ferry",
after the owner of the ferry business. The current name came into use
following a fire in 1790 that destroyed several mills in the area;
their reconstruction was considered a "new hope" New Hope, Pennsylvania Top Movies & Young Movies