What is "hope mills"

Population (2000): 11237
Housing Units (2000): 4497
Land area (2000): 6.091839 sq. miles (15.777790 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.150547 sq. miles (0.389915 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.242386 sq. miles (16.167705 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32640
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 34.970679 N, 78.956603 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 28348
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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