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The original Hopewell Church burnt down during the Civil War period.

Church of Clinton (formerly known as Hopewell Church, then Hopewell-Hebron Church). Three or four years later the church was removed a mile farther south in Findlay Township, Allegheny County, where the graveyard may still be seen.” A grave mark identifying Adrian Aten as having served in the Revolutionary War is located in the “Old Hopewell Cemetery” which is maintained by the present Hebron U. Bausman states: “The name Hope­well was probably taken from a Presbyterian church, organized about ten years earlier, on the farm of Orion Aten. The “ History of Beaver County” written by Rev. Did settlers from Hopewell Township, Washington County settle in the area, which subsequently became Beaver County, and influence the naming of the township that was formed in the readjustment of townships in Beaver County in 1812? A portion of Washington County did become Beaver County in 1800, and there existed a Hopewell Township in Washington County at that time.

Fraise (Jacob Fraise) suggests that Hope­well Township was so named because of its connection with Washington County. Warner & Company in 1888, author Richard, J. In his book “ History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania” published by A.