Hooper is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Whitman County,
Washington,
United States
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.
History
The community was named around 1883 for early settler Albert J. Hooper.
As of 2007, the population of Hooper was about 21.
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
The Palouse River is a tributary of the Snake River in Washington and Idaho, in the northwest United States. It flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 3, 2011 south ...
, which serves as the boundary between Whitman County and
Adams County. An old route of
Washington State Route 26
State Route 26 (SR 26) is a State highways in Washington, state highway in central Washington (state), Washington in the United States. It travels east–west for from Interstate 90 in Washington, Interstate 90 (I-90) near Vantage, W ...
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.
References
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
Unincorporated communities in Whitman County, Washington
Company towns in Washington (state)
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