Hope is a town in Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States, known for its historic character.

Historically the Delaware tribe lived in what is now Bartholomew County, Indiana, including the region of Hope.

After the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 in Ohio, the Miami tribe moved west and into much of the area inhabited by the Delaware.

In turn the Miami were driven out by war with the U.S., and in particular by forces led by John Tipton and Joseph Bartholomew.

Tipton and Bartholomew were among the men who fought at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, forcing the Native Americans to cede more territory to the U.S. government.

[5] Indiana was admitted to the union in 1816, and in October 1818, under pressure from the U.S. government, the Miami, Potawatomi, Wea, and Delaware tribes signed treaties with the U.S. exchanging millions of acres of their land in central Indiana for annuities and goods, opening this forest region to settlers looking for lands to farm.

A building, a house for the principal and his family, and extensive grounds were situated on what is now Seminary Street.

Francis R. Holland and his wife Augusta Holland, with a number of teachers, and offered a wide program of study, including Latin, English, French, German, music, drawing, mathematics, geography, history, and natural history.

With so many teachers, the school had trouble making ends meet, and in 1879 the Bethlehem elders sent a second principal, the Rev.

Holland in the Spring Woods, entered where the gates stand, and the name "Seminary Street."

In 2005, the boys' basketball team, coached by Bob Nobbe, were the Class A semi-state runners-up.

The town of Hope has a strong sense of history, as reflected in its Yellow Trail Museum, its location as the site of the Haw Creek branch of the Bartholomew County Historical Society, its annual Heritage Days and Old-Fashioned Fourth of July, and a number of other traditional celebrations.

The town has also joined in the movement to display "barn quilts," paintings of quilt squares on the sides of buildings, based originally on the hex squares, a type of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art traditionally painted to bring luck.

Combined with the area's fresh produce and the Simmons Winery, an effort is being made to promote Hope as a center of good food traditions.

A farmer's market currently runs on the town square on Friday late afternoons, from June to September.

In addition a variety of fresh produce is sold from yards, farmstands, or trucks, in true rural style.

The Hope Ride takes place each year in September, when hundreds of cyclists converge on Hope to ride short or long country loops that take in a variety of scenic features such as historic barns, churches, bridges, monuments, and a local winery.

In addition to the usual amenities, town businesses include a pizza place, a Mexican restaurant, a cafe, an antique shop with a lunchroom, which also hosts the dinner theater, a salon, a funeral home, a dental office, a chiropractor, a library, two parks, a bank, a pharmacy, a hardware store and gas stations with convenience stores.

Some graves have a flat slab and a footer area for flowers, a mixture between a box tomb and a cradle, that is unique to this cemetery.