If you need to get help in Hope, here are a list of community numbers that could prove useful:

  • Ambulance -- Columbus Regional Health 812-376-5700

  • Hope Clerk-Treasurer -- 812-546-0423

  • Hope Town Government -- 812-546-4015

  • Electric (Duke Energy) -- 800-521-2232

  • Electric (Duke trouble line) -- 800-343-3525

  • Electric (Bartholomew County REMC) -- 812-372-2546

  • Electric (Bartholomew County REMC after hours) -- 800-927-5672

  • Hospital -- Columbus Regional Hospital 812-379-4441

  • Landfill -- Bartholomew County 812-342-2756

  • Law Enforcement (Hope PD) -- 812-546-4015

  • Law Enforcement (Bartholomew County Sheriff) -- 812-379-1650

  • Law Enforcement (Indiana State Police) -- 800-658-8328

  • Library (Hope Branch of Bartholomew County Public Library) -- 812-546-5310

  • Natural gas (Vectren) -- 800-227-1376

  • Post office (Hartsville) -- 812-546-4068

  • Post Office (Hope) -- 812-546-4241

  • Recycling (Columbus/Bartholomew County Recycling Center) -- 812-376-2614

  • Schools (Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp.) -- 812-546-4922

  • Turning Point Crisis Hotline -- 800-221-6322

  • Water and Sewer (Hope Utilities) -- 812-342-4421


    For information about housing, counseling, food, support groups, health care, legal and other issues, you can call the Bartholomew County United Way's Help Center at 2-1-1.
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