Hooper, Colorado

"Garrison, Colorado" redirects here. Garrison is also the fictional setting of the television series The Ranch.

Hooper, Colorado
Statutory Town[1]
Town of Hooper[1]
The Demon Sculpture in Hooper
The Demon Sculpture in Hooper
Location of the Town of Hooper in the Alamosa County, Colorado.
Location of the Town of Hooper in the Alamosa County, Colorado.
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

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

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%±
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

References

  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. 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

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