Editing Hopkins, Minnesota (section)

==History==
[[File:HarleyHopkins1855.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Harley H. Hopkins, namesake of Hopkins, in 1855, note the [[revolver]].]]
The first non-indigenous settlers in the Hopkins area arrived in 1852<ref>[http://www.hopkinsmn.com/about/history.php City of Hopkins website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211033023/http://www.hopkinsmn.com/about/history.php |date=December 11, 2013}}, City History webpage</ref> as land around the growing [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]] area was opening up and being explored by members stationed at [[Fort Snelling]].  However, the roots of the town begin in 1887 with the building of the [[Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company]], later called [[Minneapolis-Moline]], to make farm equipment.  At the time, Minneapolis Moline employed most of the Hopkins residents.  In 1887, the West Minneapolis Land Company was founded and formed to build housing for the Minneapolis Moline factory workers.

In 1893, residents of Hopkins sent the [[Hennepin County, Minnesota#Governance|Hennepin County Board of Commissioners]] a petition signed by 41 residents, asking that a separate [[village]] be formed from unincorporated portions of then-[[Minnetonka, Minnesota|Minnetonka]] and [[Richfield, Minnesota|Richfield]] Townships.  Following an election, the community was then incorporated as the Village of West Minneapolis with a population of 1,105.  The original village consisted of about three-square miles, and it has been enlarged by annexation to its present size of about four-square miles.

[[File:2009-0612-05-HopkinsDepot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Hopkins train station, which determined the town's eventual name, is now a student-run coffee house.]]

In 1928, the name of the village was changed to Hopkins after Harley H. Hopkins, who was among its first [[Homestead Act|homesteaders]] and was the community's first [[postmaster]].  Mr. Hopkins allowed the town to build the train depot on his land in 1871 (now [http://www.thedepotcoffeehouse.com/ The Depot Coffee House]) with the agreement that the train station would say "Hopkins" on it, and in 1872 the post office was established with the same name.  People getting off the train assumed the name of the town was Hopkins and it stuck.  In August of 1928, the council changed the name of the town to Hopkins and on December 2, 1947, the village became the [[city]] of Hopkins, upon adoption of a council–city manager charter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thinkhopkins.com/189/Depot-Coffee-House |title=Depot Coffee House |website=Think Hopkins, MN |accessdate=2025-04-24}}</ref>

Hopkins was the headquarters of [[Minneapolis-Moline]], which was a large manufacturer of tractors and agricultural equipment in the United States until the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minneapolis-Moline |url=http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/sv000002.xml |access-date=November 13, 2021 |website=Minnesota Historical Society}}</ref>

===Timeline===
* 1852 – First non-indigenous settlers arrived
* 1862 – First school, Burnes, built
* 1887 – Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company built
* 1893 – November 7, 1,168 people incorporated the village of ''West Minneapolis''
* 1893 – December 9, first city-council elected
* 1899 – Streetcar arrived in West Minneapolis 
* 1928 – August 16, village name changed to Hopkins <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thinkhopkins.com/162/How-Hopkins-Got-Its-Name |title= How Hopkins Got Its Name}}</ref>
* 1929 – Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company becomes [[Minneapolis-Moline]]
* 1934 – Hopkins business people organized the first Hopkins Raspberry Festival
* 1947 – December 2, Hopkins became a city through the adoption of a city charter
* 2022 - [[Hopkins Commercial Historic District|Hopkins Mainstreet]] designated on the list of the National Register of Historic Places <ref>{{cite web |title=Hopkins Mainstreet Added To National Register Of Historic Places |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/hopkins-mainstreet-national-register-historic-places/}}</ref>

===Hopkins Raspberry Festival===
The Hopkins Raspberry Festival is an annual event in Hopkins.  The Hopkins Raspberry Festival was founded in 1935 as a way to boost business during the [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s.  A date of July 21 was chosen to hold the event to coincide with the peak of raspberry-picking season. The festival now takes place the third weekend in July every year.

The Raspberry Festival is overseen by a board of directors supported by many additional volunteers and local civic organizations each year. Since its inception, it has evolved into a dynamic community celebration with activities including music, sporting events, royalty coronations, craft fair, and parade.

===National Register of Historic Places===
The main street of Hopkins, from 8th to 11th avenues, was officially listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in January 2022 as the [[Hopkins Commercial Historic District]]. The designation was revealed during a ceremony in April 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hyatt |first1=Kim |title=Hopkins' Mainstreet named to the National Register of Historic Places |url=https://www.startribune.com/hopkins-mainstreet-named-to-the-national-register-of-historic-places/600164410/ |website=Star Tribune}}</ref>