Hopkinton, Iowa
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in South Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52237. It stands on Bell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hopkinton East quadrangle. 622 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
On record in Hopkinton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Old Lenox Collegelisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresHopkinton fell from 628 to 622 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 628 | |
| 2020 | 622 | -6 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Hopkinton East quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hopkinton between 2006 and 2009, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Hopkinton: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamson and Stead Brickyard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hard Scrabble Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Buck Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grieff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Loop Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Truman House Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopkinton in 31 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | $100,000 | Phone & power lines down |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Hopkinton | $75,000 | Rated high F1 |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hopkinton | $8,000 | Large hail fell through the roof of a home causing extensive damage. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | $5,000 | Winds estimated to be 70 mph blew down a large tree onto the entrance gate to the Hopkinton Cemetery during the morning of August 14th. Time estimated. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Hopkinton | $3,000 | Radar data indicates a continuous hail swath to the Delaware/Dubuque line. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | A trained spotter sent pictures via social media that shows a few branches near 6 inches in diameter down along with the trunk of a snapped tree. The time of the event was estimated using radar. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | A trained spotter reported a tree down on powerlines. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | A public report of estimated 60 mph winds was relayed by Delaware County officials. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | Several large trees down in town. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | Large tree limbs were snapped as reported on social media. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | A large tree was blown down, along with many large limbs nearby. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | A large limb at least 12 inches in diameter was blown down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | Social media report of a 6 inch diameter tree snapped off by wind. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | Large branches blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | A trained spotter reported via facebook several large trees and some branches were down. The time was estimated using radar. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | A large tree was reported down blocking a road. The time was estimated based upon radar. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Hopkinton | - | The Emergency Manager for Delaware County passed along a report of damage to a bridge and home along Buck Creek. 4.20 inches of rain fell in Ryan. The time of the event was estimated from radar. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | Quarter sized hail fell 1 mile west of Hopkinton, IA at 714 pm CDT April 3. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | Quarter sized hail fell in Hopkinton, IA at 717 pm CDT April 3. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | Hail the size of a ping pong ball fell about 5 miles northeast of Hopkinton, IA around 255 pm July 24. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | Penny to quarter-sized hail covered the ground about 3 miles north of Hopkinton, IA around 300 pm July 24. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | Dime to quarter-sized hail fell in Hopkinton, IA at 455 pm August 4. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 to 70 mph were observed in Hopkinton, IA at 916 pm July 19. This report was relayed by law enforcement officials. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | Half dollar-sized hail fell in Hopkinton, IA around 615 pm July 10. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 75 mph were observed in Hopkinton, IA at 6:58 pm June 8. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hopkinton | - | 60 mph wind gust reported by Fire Department. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Hopkinton | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Springs | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Buck Creek | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Gilt Edge | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Delhi | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hazel Green | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Rockville | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Earlville | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Delaware | 10.4 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hopkinton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1931995 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457659. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







