Official Name: | Hoopers Creek, North Carolina |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Hoopers Creek |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Henderson |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 18.01 |
Area Land Km2: | 17.98 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.95 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.94 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1074 |
Population Density Km2: | 59.75 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 154.76 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 2267 |
Coordinates: | 35.4481°N -82.4294°W |
Area Code: | 828 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2584321 |
Blank1 Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Info: | 37-32580 |
Hoopers Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 1,056 as of the 2010 census.[2]
The community is in northern Henderson County, bordered to the west by the town of Fletcher and to the north by Buncombe County. The CDP is in the valley of Hoopers Creek, a west-flowing tributary of Cane Creek and part of the French Broad River watershed. The 2983feet summit of Burney Mountain is on the northern border of the CDP, and 3693feet Bank Mountain is on the southern border.
Asheville is north of Hoopers Creek via Mills Gap Road, and Hendersonville is 10miles to the south via Jackson Road and Howard Gap Road.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Hoopers Creek CDP has a total area of 18.1sqkm, of which 0.03sqkm, or 0.17%, are water.[3]