The following info was sent to me by others on this list, which I recived with deep gratitufe and now share with other inquirers. [my apologies for not recording the original presenters] Cora -------------------- In 1900, Hope Church (Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co) had a railroad station, a telegraph station, an express office, and a post office. Population: 1,000 according to Bradstreet's Commercial Reports. Hope Church was in Mifflin Township near Lincoln Place. Hope Church was at the bottom of Mifflin Road and Lebanon Road (Rte 885 N) and was adjacent to Hays P.O. and ran along Streets Run Road near the Pgh and Virginia Railroad tracks. The majority of the property was a plan of homes owned by I.D. Risher. This may be the same person that owned Risher Coal. Risher married into the John Hays family (they started the coal mines in Hays). John Hope and William Hope had coal mines in the northwest corner of Mifflin Township in 1876. On the 1876 Allegheny County Map there is a Hope Church in the NW corner of Mifflin Township. It looks like it would be situated where Lincoln Place is now - close to the Munhall border line. About where West Run Road and Main Street and Interboro Avenues meet. In 1876, Gill Hall P.O. was in Jefferson Township nearer to Snowden Twp.