Editing Hooper, Colorado

{{short description|Town in Colorado, United States}}
{{redirect|Garrison, Colorado|text=Garrison is also the fictional setting of the television series [[The Ranch]]}}
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The '''Town of Hooper''' is a [[List of cities and towns in Colorado#Statutory town|Statutory Town]] located in the [[San Luis Valley]] in [[Alamosa County, Colorado|Alamosa County]], [[Colorado]], United States. The population was 81 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020" />

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.7|km2|order=flip}}, all of it land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0837380| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212180755/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0837380| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hooper town, Colorado| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 3, 2013}}</ref>

Nearby points of interest include the [[Great Sand Dunes National Park]] and the town of [[Crestone, Colorado|Crestone]].

==History==
[[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>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1900= 177
|1910= 131
|1920= 156
|1930= 155
|1940= 170
|1950= 103
|1960= 58
|1970= 80
|1980= 71
|1990= 112
|2000= 123
|2010= 103
|2020= 81
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<!--As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 123 people, 48 households, and 33 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|493.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 57 housing units at an average density of {{convert|228.5|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the town was 81.30% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.25% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 11.38% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.07% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 18.70% of the population.

There were 48 households, out of which 35.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.2% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.5% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $31,964, and the median income for a family was $35,833. Males had a median income of $33,333 versus $19,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,897. There were 12.5% of families and 21.0% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 34.9% of under eighteens and 10.0% of those over 64.--> {{clear|left}}

==See also==
{{portal|Colorado|Mountains}}
*[[Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve]]
*[[San Luis Valley]]
*[[Sangre de Cristo Range]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
Melvin McAllister, ''Life in Hooper, Colorado'', self-published (1998), 211 pages {{OCLC|43887168}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Hooper, Colorado}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080418094412/http://www.cmca.gen.co.us/Municipality.cfm?MunicipalityID=254 Town of Hooper contacts]
*[http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/HOOPER.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Hooper]
*[http://www.greatsanddunes.net/hooper-colorado.htm May 2006 Photos of Hooper, Colorado]

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