Hooker, California

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Hooker is an unincorporated area in northwest Tehama County, California, near Hooker Creek.^[1]^[2] It is an agricultural community.^[3]

The community takes its name from J. M. Hooker, who settled near the mouth of Hooker Creek in 1852.^[1] Hooker railroad station took its name from the creek.^[1]

A post office was in operation at Hooker from November 20, 1885.^[1] It was reestablished on May 31, 1889, and was closed on October 31, 1928.^[1] The community once had a schoolhouse, Hooker School, now defunct.^[4]

Population

Based on 1990 census data, a United States Department of Agriculture report found that the population of the Hooker block group aggregation was 3,011.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Gudde, Erwin Gustav (1998). California Place Names (4th ed.). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-520-21316-5.
1 2 Donoghoe, Ellen M. (April 2003). "Delimiting Communities in the Pacific Northwest" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
↑ Smith, Josie (2016). Tehama County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1540201430.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hooker School (historical)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Tehama County, California, United States
County seat: Red Bluff
Cities	Corning Red Bluff Tehama	Tehama County map
CDPs	Bend Dales Flournoy Gerber Lake California Las Flores Los Molinos Manton Mineral Paskenta Paynes Creek Proberta Rancho Tehama Richfield Vina
Unincorporated communities	Childs Meadows Dairyville El Camino Henleyville Hooker Loybas Hill Mill Creek Red Bank Rosewood
Historic communities	Beegum Gerber-Las Flores Kirkwood Lowrey Lyonsville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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