Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pa


Hopewell Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, and a suburb of Pittsburgh.

The population was 13,254 at the 2000 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 17.1 square miles, of which, 16.9 square miles of it is land and 0.2 square miles of it (1.17%) is water.

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.

In 2002, the Hopewell High School's football team, the Vikings, won the state championship.


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