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Hooper, Colorado

Coordinates: 37°44′45″N 105°52′37″W / 37.74583°N 105.87694°W / 37.74583; -105.87694
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Hooper, Colorado
Statutory Town[1]
Town of Hooper[1]
Motto(s): 
File:Alamosa County Colorado Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Hooper Highlighted 0837380.svg
Hooper is located in the United States
Hooper
Hooper
Location of the Town of Hooper in the United States.
Coordinates: 37°44′45″N 105°52′37″W / 37.74583°N 105.87694°W / 37.74583; -105.87694
Country United States
State Colorado
CountyAlamosa County
Incorporated (town)May 20, 1898[2]
Government
 • TypeStatutory 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 zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code[6]
81136
Area code719
FIPS code08-37380
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]

Geography

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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

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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

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900177—
1910131−26.0%
192015619.1%
1930155−0.6%
19401709.7%
1950103−39.4%
196058−43.7%
19708037.9%
198071−11.2%
199011257.7%
20001239.8%
2010103−16.3%
202081−21.4%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hooper, Colorado
  5. ^ a b 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

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

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