Hooper, Colorado

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Hooper, Colorado
Statutory Town [1]
Town of Hooper [1]
Motto(s): 
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Hooper
Location of the Town of Hooper in the United States.
Coordinates: 37°44′45″N105°52′37″W / 37.74583°N 105.87694°W / 37.74583; -105.87694
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado
County Alamosa County
Incorporated (town) May 20, 1898 [2]
Government
 • Type Statutory Town [1]
Area
[3]
 • Total
0.25 sq mi (0.65 km2)
 • Land0.25 sq mi (0.65 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[4]
7,559 ft (2,304 m)
Population
 (2020) [5]
 • Total
81
 • Density320/sq mi (120/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code [6]
81136
Area code 719
FIPS code 08-37380
GNIS feature ID2412766 [4]

The Town of Hooper is a Statutory Town located in the San Luis Valley in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The population was 81 at the 2020 census. [5]

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), all of it land. [7]

Nearby points of interest include the Great Sand Dunes National Park and the town of Crestone.

History

Howard Store now serves as the town hall Howard Store.JPG
Howard Store now serves as the town hall

The post office at Hooper was known as Garrison from January 26, 1891, until July 17, 1896. [8] The present name honors Major S. Hooper, a railroad official. [9] Hooper was in Costilla County, Colorado until March 8, 1913, when the formation of Alamosa County was authorized by the state legislature. [10]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900 177—
1910 131−26.0%
1920 15619.1%
1930 155−0.6%
1940 1709.7%
1950 103−39.4%
1960 58−43.7%
1970 8037.9%
1980 71−11.2%
1990 11257.7%
2000 1239.8%
2010 103−16.3%
2020 81−21.4%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Active Colorado Municipalities". Colorado Department of Local Affairs . Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Colorado Municipal Incorporations". State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives. December 1, 2004. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2007.
  3. ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
  4. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hooper, Colorado
  5. 1 2 United States Census Bureau. "Hooper town, Colorado" . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  6. ↑ "ZIP Code Lookup". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original (JavaScript/HTML) on November 4, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hooper town, Colorado". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  8. ↑ Page 60, Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; and Willard, John H., Colorado Post Offices, 1859-1989: A Comprehensive Listing of Post Offices, Stations, and Branches, Colorado Railroad Museum (May 1990), hardcover, 280 pages, ISBN   978-0-918654-42-7
  9. ↑ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 27.
  10. ↑ Page 242, Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; and Willard, John H., Colorado Post Offices, 1859-1989: A Comprehensive Listing of Post Offices, Stations, and Branches, Colorado Railroad Museum (May 1990), hardcover, 280 pages, ISBN   978-0-918654-42-7

Further reading

Melvin McAllister, Life in Hooper, Colorado, self-published (1998), 211 pages OCLC   43887168

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