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Hopkins, Minnesota

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Minnetonka City. It lies in ZIP code area 55345. The Survey maps it on the Hopkins quadrangle. 19,079 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

Hopkins within Hennepin County

On record in Hopkins

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

Population over time

2 figures

Hopkins grew from 17,591 to 19,079 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.

YearPeople Change
201017,591
202019,079+1,488 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

100 words on this township

History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881; History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Minnetonka City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Minnetonka City - 100 words.

Fires near this place

2 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hopkins between 2000 and 2004, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 April 2000Arson/incendiarism12 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hennepin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hopkins: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bury and Carlson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Glenn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway 18 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hopkins PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hennepin County

Storms near this place

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hopkins in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHopkins2 hurtLarge branches blown down, newspaper boxes and construction signs blown over in Uptown near 26th and Hennepin. Numerous trees down in the Lake Calhoun, Lake of the Isles, and Lake Harriet areas, with a few roads blocked. Several small sailboats were tipped over on Lake Calhoun. A large tree fell onto the roof of a home in the 2300 block of Humboldt Ave. South. Twenty inch diameter branches were felled at Highway 169 and Excelsior Blvd in Hopkins. Two people were injured at Cedar Lake when a tree fell on them. About 30,000 electric customers lost power in the western metro according to Xcel Energy. Some information provided by Star Tribune newspaper.
June 1996LightningHopkins1 hurtno account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHopkins$500Several large tree branches were blown down around Hopkins.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHopkins-Photo of large tree down measuring 22 inches in diameter.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHopkins-Time estimated from radar. Delayed report of multiple trees over 12 inches in diameter that were uprooted, as well as several tree branches down.
August 2016Flash FloodHopkins-Water was covering Westbrooke Way near Nine Mile Creek, west of Highway 169 in Hopkins.
September 2007HailHopkins-Occurred near Highway 169 and Excelsior Blvd.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHopkins-Trees up to 18 inches in diameter down near Highway 169 and Excelsior Blvd.
June 2006HailHopkins-Reported at Highway 169 and Excelsior Blvd.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHopkins-Large trees up to 10 inches in diameter were downed. Minor damage was reported to fences and facades. The damage was most significant in the Bellgrove neighborhood.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindHopkins-A 60 MPH wind gust was reported by a spotter.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHopkins-Ten inch diameter branch blown off healthy maple tree.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHopkins-10 inch diameter tree branches knocked down. Estimated windspeed.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHopkins-Trees were damaged. Hopkins,15,1310CST,,,0,0,0,0,Funnel Clouds Minneapolis,15,1345CST,,,0,0,0,0,Funnel Clouds
September 2025HailHopkins-no account filed
June 2024HailHopkins-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHopkins-no account filed
April 2022HailHopkins-no account filed
May 2011HailHopkins-no account filed
July 2007HailHopkins-no account filed
June 2001HailHopkins-no account filed
May 2001HailHopkins-no account filed
May 1998HailHopkins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hennepin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Glen Lake1.5 miles25
Minnetonka Mills1.6 miles25
Groveland1.7 miles25
Oak Terrace2.0 miles25
Minnetonka2.3 miles20
Woodland2.7 miles20
Deephaven3.2 miles20
Oak Knoll3.7 miles25

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 HopkinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1992894The 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 645180. 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.