Editing Hopkins, Minnesota

{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}}
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|official_name            = Hopkins
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|established_title        = Founded
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|established_title1       = Incorporated
|established_date1        = November 27, 1892 (as West Minneapolis)
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|area_code                = [[Area code 952|952]]
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|website                  = {{URL|https://www.hopkinsmn.com/|hopkinsmn.com}}
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Hopkins''' is a [[suburban]] city in [[Hennepin County, Minnesota]], United States, located west of [[Minneapolis]]. The population was 19,079 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Hopkins_city,_Minnesota?g=160XX00US2730140 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref> The city is four square miles in size and is surrounded by the larger suburban communities of [[Minnetonka, Minnesota|Minnetonka]], [[St. Louis Park, Minnesota|Saint Louis Park]], and [[Edina, Minnesota|Edina]]. The city's main street was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2022 as the [[Hopkins Commercial Historic District]].

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.11|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.08|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>  There are several small ponds on the western side of Hopkins, and creeks to the north and south.  One of these creeks includes [[Minnehaha Creek]].  The north branch of Nine Mile Creek has its headwaters in Hopkins at the intersection of 13th Avenue South and Excelsior Boulevard.

The southern end of Hopkins is adjacent to main line of the [[Twin Cities and Western Railroad]]. Two main highways, [[U.S. Route 169 in Minnesota|U.S. Route 169]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 7]], service the Hopkin's area.

Hopkins will have three stations on the [[Southwest LRT]]. There will be stations at [[Shady Oak Road station|Shady Oak Road]], [[Downtown Hopkins station|Downtown Hopkins]], and at [[Blake Road station|Blake Road]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Station Area Planning {{!}} Hopkins, MN |url=https://www.hopkinsmn.com/162/Station-Area-Planning |website=www.hopkinsmn.com |publisher=City of Hopkins |access-date=30 May 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 1648
|1910= 3022
|1920= 3055
|1930= 3834
|1940= 4100
|1950= 7595
|1960= 11370
|1970= 13428
|1980= 15336
|1990= 16534
|2000= 17145
|2010= 17591
|2020= 19079
|estyear=2022
|estimate=18269
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=January 1, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 1, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 11, 2013}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
}}

[[Image:Hopkins Minnesota Mainstreet.jpg|thumb|left|View of Mainstreet (the local spelling) in downtown Hopkins.]]

===2020 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2020, there were 19,079 people, and 9,220 households residing in the city. The population density was 4,696.9 inhabitants per square mile (1,813.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 64.2% White, 21.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 7.1% Asian, 5.4% from two or more races, and 8.8% Hispanic or Latino.

The average household size was 2.02, and 22% of persons aged 5 years+, 2017-2021 spoke a language other than English spoken at home.

94.2% of people aged 25 years+, 2017-2021 had a high school graduate or higher. 47.5% of persons aged 25 years+, 2017-2021 had a bachelor's degree or higher. 72.5% population age 16 years+, 2017-2021 were in civilian labor force, compared to 66.1% of all females aged 16 years+.

9.5% of people under age 65 years, 2017-2020 had a disability, and 6.9% of persons under age 65 years, did not have health insurance.

The median household income (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021 was $60,824. The per capita income in past 12 months (in 2021 dollars), 2017-2021 was $40,770.11.8% of people lived in poverty.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 17,591 people, 8,366 households, and 3,975 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|4311.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 8,987 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2202.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 70.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 13.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.6% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 8.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.9% of the population.

There were 8,366 households, of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 52.5% were non-families. 43.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.07 and the average family size was 2.93.

The median age in the city was 34.4 years. 21.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 34.3% were from 25 to 44; 23.4% were from 45 to 64; and 12.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.6% male and 52.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 17,145 people, 8,224 households and 3,741 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|4,205.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 8,390 housing units at an average density of 2,058.2 pe square mile (794.0/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the city was 82.61% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.19% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.78% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.92% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.09% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.58% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.82% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.54% of the population. 23.9% were of [[Germans|German]], 12.4% [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]], 7.4% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 7.1% [[Swedish people|Swedish]] ancestry.

There were 8,224 households, of which 22.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 54.5% were non-families. 42.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.03 and the average family size was 2.85.

19.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 37.2% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

The [[median household income]] was $39,203 and the median family income was $50,359. Males had a median income of $37,541 versus $30,687 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $26,759. About 8.1% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Housing==
Hopkins has a much lower homeownership rate than neighboring communities. The city's 39 percent homeownership rate is 22 percentage points less than the 61 percent of St. Louis Park, which has the next lowest rate among Hopkins’ neighbors.<ref name="Community Profile">{{cite web|title=Community Profile |url= http://stats.metc.state.mn.us/profile/detail.aspx?c=02394417 |access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref> Other west metro communities fall in the mid-70 percent range.

Housing also tends to be more affordable than most west metro communities. Hopkins’ $225,200 median value is the lowest among its neighbors.<ref name="Community Profile"/> The median housing value for St. Louis Park, which is next lowest, is 6.75 percent higher at $240,400.

==Government==

===City charter===
Hopkins’ government structure is set by its city charter. Hennepin County district court judges appointed the first Hopkins Charter Commission on February 8, 1946, in order to create a proposed charter that would be voted on.<ref>{{cite web|title=City Charter |url=http://www.hopkinsmn.com/archives/charter.php |access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref> The commission submitted the proposed charter to the Village Council on November 4, 1947. Voters approved the charter December 2, 1947. The charter has been amended numerous times since then, most recently in October 2012.<ref name="hopkinsmn.com">{{cite web|title=Charter of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota |url=http://www.hopkinsmn.com/archives/pdf/hopkins-charter.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105180154/http://hopkinsmn.com/archives/pdf/hopkins-charter.pdf |archive-date=November 5, 2010 |url-status=live |access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref>

===Government structure===
The charter specifies that Hopkins use a [[council–manager government|council-manager plan]]. The council controls city administration but does so exclusively through the [[city manager]].<ref name="City Council Structure & Salaries">{{cite web | title=City Council Structure & Salaries | url=http://www.hopkinsmn.com/council/about/structure.php | access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref> The charter contains an “interference with administration” clause that expressly forbids the council from telling the city manager whom to hire or preventing the city manager from using his or her judgment to make administrative appointments.<ref name="hopkinsmn.com"/> It also prohibits the council from issuing orders to any of the city manager's subordinates.

====Mayor and council====
The council is made up of the mayor and four council members elected [[at-large]]. The mayor serves a two-year term in office. Council members have four-year terms—with two of the seats on the ballot in one election and the other two seats up in the following election. Regular elections take place in odd years.

The mayor votes on all motions before the council like the council members. The position is also the head of the city for ceremonial purposes, serving legal processes and martial law.

The mayor is paid $6,000 per year and council members are paid $4,600 per year.<ref name="City Council Structure & Salaries"/> The current salaries were set in 1998.

=====Presidents and mayors=====

Source:<ref>{{cite book |author=Hopkins Historical Society |editor=Beverly O. Ewing |title=Hopkins Minnesota Through the Years |location=Hopkins, Minnesota |publisher=Hopkins Historical Society |year=2002 |isbn=0-9727014-0-0}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Presidents !! Mayors
|-
| C.L. Hopkins (1893-1894) || Joseph Vesely (1948-1949)
|-
| Fred Souba (1895-1897) || W. Harlan Perbix (1950-1953)
|-
| D.E. Dow (1898) || Joseph Vesely (1954-1955)
|-
| Fred Souba (1899-1900) || Dr. F.M. Madden (1956-1957)
|-
| Paul Swenson (1901-1907) || W. Harlan Perbix (1958)
|-
| G.W. Moore (1908) || Donald Milbert (1961-1963)
|-
| Paul Swenson (1909) || John Hanley (1965-1969)
|-
| Emil Anderson (1910) || Henry Pokorny (1970-1975)
|-
| Paul Swenson (1911-1913) || Jerre A. Miller (1975-1981)
|-
| A.J. Hentschel (1914) || Robert F. Miller (1981-1985)
|-
| G.W. Moore (1915-1921) || Ellen Lavin (1985-1987)
|-
| J.W. Pemberton (1922) || Donald Milbert (1987-1989)
|-
| Paul Swenson (1923-1926) || Nelson W. Berg (1989-1993)
|-
| Anton A. Olson (1927-1928) || Chuck Redepenning (1993-1999)
|-
| M.B. Hagen (1929-1931) || Eugene Maxwell (1999–2015)
|-
| G.W. Moore (1932-1935) || Molly Cummings (2016–2019)
|-
| Anton A. Olson (1936-1937) || Jason Gadd (2019–2021) 
|-
| E.V. Manchester (1938-1939) || Patrick Hanlon (2022–Present)
|-
| Dr. F.M. Madden (1940-1947) || 
|}

====City manager====
The city manager is the chief administrator of the City of Hopkins. The Hopkins City Council appoints the city manager for an indefinite period and may remove the manager at any time.
 
====Subordinate employees====
The charter specifies just two other administrative positions by name. It requires the city to have a clerk, who is subordinate to the city manager, and allows for, but doesn't require, a city attorney to advise the council on legal matters.

However, the charter specifies that the city manager can create city departments and divisions and alter them when necessary. Hopkins has seven departments, each with a department head that reports to the city manager.<ref>{{cite web|title=City Departments |url=http://www.hopkinsmn.com/departments/index.php |access-date=December 1, 2013}}</ref>  The departments are:
* Administration
* Community Services (Assessing, City Clerk, Inspections)
* Finance
* Fire
* Planning & Economic Development
* Police
* Public Works 
* Recreation (operated jointly with [[Minnetonka|Minnetonka, Minnesota]])

===Electoral politics===
{{Hidden begin|titlestyle=background:#ccccff|title=Presidential election results 1960–2024}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Precinct General Election Results<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/|title=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State - Election Results|access-date=February 22, 2021|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222230838/https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2024 United States presidential election|2024]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.9% ''1,787''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''72.9%''' ''5,450''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.2% ''238''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|23.9% ''2,516''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''73.4%''' ''7,742''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''289''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|25.7% ''2,352''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.5%''' ''5,903''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.8% ''894''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.8% ''2,979''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.5%''' ''5,864''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''249''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.4% ''2,848''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''65.7%''' ''5,775''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% ''172''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.2% ''3,292''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''61.5%''' ''5,437''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% ''114''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.6% ''3,079''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.1%''' ''4,388''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.3% ''502''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|32.5% ''2,320''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.1%''' ''4,007''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.4% ''811''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|29.9% ''2,678''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''46.9%''' ''4,198''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|23.2% ''2,075''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.8% ''3,622''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.2%''' ''4,285''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.5%''' ''4,229''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.5% ''3,982''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.8% ''3,078''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.2%''' ''3,820''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.0% ''987''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.7% ''4,055''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.1%''' ''4,258''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% ''185''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1972 United States presidential election|1972]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.8%''' ''4,247''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.7% ''3,387''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% ''117''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.1% ''2,576''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.2%''' ''2,978''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''154''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.0% ''2,243''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''58.9%''' ''3,220''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% ''5''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.0%''' ''2,855''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.8% ''2,327''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% ''135''
|}
{{Hidden end}}

==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>

==Education==

===Public schools===
The [[Hopkins Public Schools (Minnesota)|Hopkins School District]] serves all or parts of seven Minneapolis west suburban communities:  Hopkins, [[Minnetonka, Minnesota|Minnetonka]], [[Golden Valley, Minnesota|Golden Valley]], [[Plymouth, Minnesota|Plymouth]], [[Edina, Minnesota|Edina]], [[Eden Prairie, Minnesota|Eden Prairie]], and [[St. Louis Park, Minnesota|Saint Louis Park]].  Approximately 8,100 students attend seven [[elementary schools]] ([[Kindergarten|K]]–[[fifth grade]]), two [[middle school]]s ([[Sixth grade|6th]]–[[Eighth grade|8th grade]]), and one [[High school (North America)|high school]] ([[Ninth grade|9th]]–[[Twelfth grade|12th grade]]).  Some students attend public schools in other school districts chosen by their families under Minnesota's open enrollment statute, as some students from outside Hopkins school district enroll in Hopkins schools on that basis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://education.state.mn.us/mde/Academic_Excellence/School_Choice/Public_School_Choice/Open_Enrollment/index.html |title=Open Enrollment |publisher=Minnesota Department of Education |access-date=November 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826062337/http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Academic_Excellence/School_Choice/Public_School_Choice/Open_Enrollment/index.html |archive-date=August 26, 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
! colspan="3"|Schools in the Hopkins School District
|-
! Elementary schools !! Middle school !! Senior high school
|-
| Alice Smith Elementary || Hopkins West Middle School {{Ref label|1|1}} || [[Hopkins High School]]{{Ref label|1|1}}
|-
| Eisenhower Elementary || Hopkins North Middle School{{Ref label|1|1}}
|-
| Gatewood Elementary{{Ref label|1|1}}
|-
| Glen Lake Elementary{{Ref label|1|1}}
|-
| Katherine Curren Elementary (Closed and being rented)
|-
| Meadowbrook Elementary{{Ref label|2|2}}
|-
| L.H. Tanglen Elementary{{Ref label|1|1}}
|}

#{{note|1}}located in [[Minnetonka, Minnesota|Minnetonka]]
#{{note|2}}located in [[Golden Valley, Minnesota|Golden Valley]]

===Private schools===
[[File:2009-0612-01-BlakeSchool.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Blake School]]
There are two private schools in Hopkins:
* [[The Blake School (Minneapolis, Minnesota)|The Blake School]]:  A large private school with several campuses throughout the Twin Cities was founded in Hopkins, and the Blake Campus in the city houses both the Middle School and one of its two Lower Schools.
*Chesterton Academy

Agamim Classical Academy was previously located in Hopkins.

===Charter schools===
* [[Mainstreet School of Performing Arts]] (MSSPA): A performing arts school that focuses on the three major performing arts areas; music, dance and theater.  The school opened in 2004 and eventually moved to Eden Prairie, MN being renamed to Performing Institute of Minnesota Arts High School (PiM Arts High School).  Grades 9–12.
* Ubah Medical Academy is a charter high school currently leasing space in the Katherine Curren Elementary building.  The school was chartered in 2003 and was previously housed in Minneapolis.

==Notable people== 
* [[Ann Bancroft]] - Teacher at Hopkins Katherine Curren Elementary. Famous Polar Explorer; first woman in history to cross the ice to the North Pole 
* [[Nate Berkus]] (born 1971) - Interior designer, author and television personality
* [[Travis Boyd]] - professional ice hockey player
* [[Aaron Brown (journalist)|Aaron Brown]] – broadcast journalist on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[CNN]].<sup>[[Hopkins, Minnesota#cite note-18|[18]]]</sup> Most recognized for his coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
* [[Paige Bueckers]] - American WNBA player for the [[Dallas Wings]].
* [[Walter Bush]] – As a national leader in the growth and development of amateur and professional hockey elected to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame|U. S. Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 2000.
* [[David Carr (journalist)|David Carr]] – Media and culture columnist for ''[[The New York Times]]''.<sup>[[Hopkins, Minnesota#cite note-20|[20]]]</sup> Author of a memoir and best seller ‘’The Night of the Gun.’’ Early in his journalist career he was the editor of the ‘’Twin Cities Reader,’’ a weekly alternative newspaper in Minneapolis.
* [[Amir Coffey]] - professional basketball player for the [[Los Angeles Clippers]] 
* [[Courtney Dauwalter]] - Ultramarathon runner and former teacher. The only runner in history to win the [[Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run|Hardrock 100]], [[Western States Endurance Run|Western States]], and [[Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc|UTMB]] in the same year.
* [[Daniel Grodnik]] (movie producer) - Writer/producer of more than 65 films including, ''[[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation]]'', former Chairman/CEO of [[National Lampoon, Inc.|The National Lampoon]] and an adjunct professor in producing at the [[University of Southern California]] and [[Chapman University]]. Went to Alice Smith grade school and Hopkins High. Lettered in ski jumping.
* [[John Hardgrove]] – Wisconsin State Assemblyman.
* [[Samantha Harris]] – Television hostess and actress. Her most prominent role was as [[E! Entertainment]] correspondent and a ''[[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' co-host.
* [[John B. Keefe]] - Minnesota state legislator, lawyer, and judge.
* [[Jerry Knickerbocker]] - Minnesota state legislator and businessman.
* [[Peyton Manning]] - Veteran quarterback and two-time Super Bowl winner who attended Tanglen Elementary School in Hopkins during the time his father, [[Archie Manning]], quarterbacked for the Minnesota Vikings.  
* [[Adele Parkhurst]] - Soprano concert singer in the 1920s.
* [[BeBe Shopp]] – Miss America, 1948.

==In popular culture==
[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] was filmed in Hopkins in 1988 and 1989.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.hopkinsmn.com/ Official City Website]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20041022151118/http://www.hopkinsmnhistoricalsociety.org/ Hopkins Historical Society]}}
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