The word hooper is an archaic English term for a person who aided a

cooper Cooper, Cooper's, Coopers and similar may refer to: * Cooper (profession), a maker of wooden casks and other staved vessels Arts and entertainment * Cooper (producers), alias of Dutch producers Klubbheads * Cooper (video game character), in ...

in the building of

barrels A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is wide. They are traditionally made of wooden staves and bound by wooden or metal hoops. The word vat is often used for large containers for liquids, u ...

by creating the hoop for the barrel. Hooper may also refer to: Place names in the United States: *

Hooper, Colorado The Town of Hooper is a Statutory Town located in the San Luis Valley in Alamosa County, Colorado, United States. The population was 103 at the 2010 census. Geography Hooper is located at (37.745819, -105.876817). According to the United S ...

, town in Alamosa County, Colorado * Hooper, Georgia, an unincorporated community *

Hooper, Nebraska Hooper is a city in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 830 at the 2010 census. History Hooper got its start in the year 1871, following construction of the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad through the territo ...

, town in Dodge County, Nebraska *

Hooper, Utah Hooper is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States, first called Muskrat Springs and later Hooperville for Captain William Henry Hooper, an early Utah delegate to Congress. The population was 9,087 at the 2020 census, up from the 2010 figu ...

, place in Weber County, Utah * Hooper Bay, Alaska, town in Alaska *

Hooper Township, Dodge County, Nebraska Hooper Township is one of fourteen townships in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2020 census. A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 1,131. Most of the Village of Hooper as well as the entire ...

Other: * ''Hooper'' (film), 1978 comedy film starring Burt Reynolds *

Hooper (mascot) The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at Li ...

, the mascot for the National Basketball Association team, Detroit Pistons *

Hooper (coachbuilder) Hooper & Co. was a British coachbuilding business for many years based in Westminster London. From 1805 to 1959 it was a notably successful maker, to special order, of luxury carriages, both horse-drawn and motor-powered. Founding The com ...

, a British coachbuilder fitting bodies to many Rolls-Royce and Daimler cars * USS ''Hooper'' (DE-1026), a destroyer escort in the US Navy *

Hooper Ratings The C. E. Hooper Company was an American company which measured radio and television ratings during the Golden Age of Radio. Founded in 1934 by Claude E. Hooper (1898–1954), the company provided information on the most popular radio shows of the ...

, an early audience measurement in early radio and television * Hooper, someone who practices dance form of

Hooping Hooping (also called hula hooping or hoop dance) is the manipulation of and artistic movement or dancing with a hoop (or hoops). Hoops can be made of metal, wood, or plastic. Hooping combines technical moves and tricks with freestyle or technical ...

People with the surname Hooper: *

Hooper (surname) Hooper (or Hoopes) is a surname originating in England. It is derived from the archaic term for a person who aided in the building of barrels by creating the hoop for the barrel. Most Hoopers are English or of English descent. Notable individuals n ...

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