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Welcome to Hooker ...

Hooker is located in Pulaski County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hooker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Hooker is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hooker lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Hooker: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Hooker ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Hooker - they are located in Arkansas (2), California, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Dakota.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hooker.

Communities near Hooker ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hooker.

  • Rolla
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Rolla is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,437 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rolla <4>
  • Saint Robert
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Waynesville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Richland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Dixon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dixon is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <4>
  • Crocker
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Doolittle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Doolittle is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittle
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 595 people
  • Newburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Newburg is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
  • Edgar Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Arlington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Arlington is located in Phelps County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hooker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hooker.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hooker. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hooker.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hooker. See our Newspapers Page for Hooker.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hooker ...

Looking for more information about Hooker? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hooker, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hooker.

Adding Hooker to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hooker in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hooker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hooker post office opened in 1900. The Hooker post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hooker.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Pulaski, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hooker - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Hooker area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Hooker area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/