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40.785595, -90.990697
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We found seven communities that are also named Hopper.
Within Illinois, the name Hopper is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Etowah County
This Hopper is located in Etowah County and lies 532 miles [856.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Hopper that is located in Henderson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Hopper.
Arkansas
Lee County
This Hopper is located in Lee County and lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<1> to the south of the Hopper that is located in Henderson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Hopper.
Montgomery County
This Hopper is located in Montgomery County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km] to the south southwest of the Hopper that is located in Henderson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Hopper.
Kansas
Washington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hopper [Washington County].
Minnesota
Saint Louis County
This Hopper is located in Saint Louis County and lies 470 miles [756.4 km]<1> to the north of the Hopper that is located in Henderson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Hopper.
Virginia
Henry County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hopper [Henry County].
West Virginia
Greenbrier County
This Hopper is located in Greenbrier County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hopper that is located in Henderson County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Hopper.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hopper ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hopper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hopper and extending to:
Oquawka, which is the Seat of Henderson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Hopper to Oquawka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 750 miles [1,207 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,358 miles [10,232.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,100 miles [11,426.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,987 miles [8,025.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hopper) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Hopper could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Hopper to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hopper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7856, Longitude: -90.9907 In this case, the coordinates for Hopper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.669 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.733 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.521 degrees.