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|name = Hooper, Colorado | |name = Hooper, Colorado | ||
|official_name = Town of Hooper<ref name=COMun>{{cite web|url=https://dola. | |official_name = Town of Hooper<ref name=COMun>{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/dlg_lgis_ui_pu/|title=Active Colorado Municipalities|publisher=[[Colorado Department of Local Affairs]]|access-date=December 28, 2021}}</ref> | ||
|settlement_type = [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]]<ref name=COMun/> | |settlement_type = [[List of municipalities in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]]<ref name=COMun/> | ||
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|map_caption = Location of the Town of Hooper in the {{nowrap|[[Alamosa County, Colorado]].}} | |map_caption = Location of the Town of Hooper in the {{nowrap|[[Alamosa County, Colorado]].}} | ||
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|established_date2 = May 20, 1898<ref name=MuniIncCO>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | accessdate = September 2, 2007}}</ref> | |established_date2 = May 20, 1898<ref name=MuniIncCO>{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20070927200920/http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = September 27, 2007 | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = [[Colorado|State of Colorado]], Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | accessdate = September 2, 2007}}</ref> | ||
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[[File:Howard Store.JPG|thumb|left|Howard Store now serves as the town hall]] | [[File:Howard Store.JPG|thumb|left|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.<ref>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}}</ref> The present name honors Major S. Hooper, a railroad official.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=33|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=27}}</ref> Hooper was in [[Costilla County, Colorado]] until March 8, 1913, when the formation of Alamosa County was authorized by the state legislature.<ref>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}}</ref> | The post office at Hooper was known as '''Garrison''' from January 26, 1891, until July 17, 1896.<ref>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}}</ref> The present name honors Major S. Hooper, a railroad official.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=John Frank|title=Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051116740;view=1up;seq=33|publisher=The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co.|location=Denver, CO|page=27}}</ref> Hooper was in [[Costilla County, Colorado]] until March 8, 1913, when the formation of Alamosa County was authorized by the state legislature.<ref>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}}</ref> | ||
In 1964, human remains, believed to be those of a Native American of probable [[Ute people|Ute]] origin, were discovered by a local farmer in Hooper.<ref>Simmons, Virginia McConnell. Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.</ref> | |||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
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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.[1]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.[2]
Nearby points of interest include the Great Sand Dunes National Park and the town of Crestone.
History
The post office at Hooper was known as Garrison from January 26, 1891, until July 17, 1896.[3] The present name honors Major S. Hooper, a railroad official.[4] Hooper was in Costilla County, Colorado until March 8, 1913, when the formation of Alamosa County was authorized by the state legislature.[5]
In 1964, human remains, believed to be those of a Native American of probable Ute origin, were discovered by a local farmer in Hooper.[6]
Demographics
See also
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References
Further reading
Melvin McAllister, Life in Hooper, Colorado, self-published (1998), 211 pages Template:OCLC
External links
Template:Alamosa County, Colorado Template:US state navigation box Template:Protected Areas of Colorado
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- ↑ 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, Template:ISBN
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- ↑ 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, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Simmons, Virginia McConnell. Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.