Hooper, Washington

Coordinates: 46°45′25″N 118°09′00″W / 46.75694°N 118.15000°W

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Hooper
Unincorporated community
Hooper in 2008
Hooper Location within the state of Washington
Coordinates: 46°45′25″N 118°09′00″W / 46.75694°N 118.15000°W / 46.75694; -118.15000
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Whitman
Elevation	1,122 ft (342 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	99333
GNIS feature ID	1505595^[1]

Hooper is an unincorporated community in Whitman County, Washington, United States.

History

The community was named around 1883 for early settler Albert J. Hooper.^[2]^[3] As of 2007, the population of Hooper was about 21.^[4]

Geography

The community is located in the Palouse Region, which is known for its rolling hills and wheat production.

Hooper is located along the southern bank of the Palouse River, which serves as the boundary between Whitman County and Adams County. An old route of Washington State Route 26 crosses the river at Hooper, though the current alignment of the route is north of the river about a mile from Hooper. The Columbia Plateau Trail also passes within a mile of Hooper on the opposite side of the river.^[5]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hooper, Washington
^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
^ Meany, Edmond S. (1923). Origin of Washington geographic names. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 116.
^ http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=hooper19m&date=20070919&query=hooper
^ "Hooper Quadrangle" (Topographic Map). usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Whitman County, Washington, United States
County seat: Colfax
Cities	Colfax Palouse Pullman Tekoa	Map of Washington highlighting Whitman County
Towns	Albion Colton Endicott Farmington Garfield La Crosse Lamont Malden Oakesdale Pine City Rosalia St. John Uniontown
CDP	Steptoe
Other communities	Belmont Dusty Ewan Glenwood Hay Hooper Johnson Thornton
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