Hopkins, Michigan
| Hopkins, Michigan | |
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| Village | |
 Location of Hopkins, Michigan |
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| Coordinates: 42°37′28″N 85°45′44″W / 42.62444°N 85.76222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Allegan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.48 sq mi (1.24 km2) |
| • Land | 0.48 sq mi (1.24 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 709 ft (216 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 610 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 608 |
| • Density | 1,270.8/sq mi (490.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 49328 |
| Area code(s) | 269 |
| FIPS code | 26-39180 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0628573 |
| Website | website |
Hopkins, formerly Hopkins Station, is a village within Hopkins Township in Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 610 at the 2010 census.
In 1854, John Hoffmaster settled here. On May 20, 1854, the Hopkins post office was opened with Erastus Congdon as its first postmaster. The Hopkins Station post office opened on March 28, 1870 with postmaster Henry F. Guyot. Hopkins Station was the name of the railroad depot opened in 1874. Hoffmaster became the first depot master and platted the village. On May 31, 1904, the Hopkins post office was closed. On June 6, 1906, the Hopkins Station post office was shorted to just Hopkins.
Hopkins was incorporated as a village in 1920. On January 31, 1929, Claude B. Hoffmaster became postmaster.
As a village, Hopkins is provided assessing, counties and school districts tax collecting and elections administration for county, state and national by Hopkins Township. The village is responsible for local regulatory ordinances and to providing fire and police protection, public works, utilities and other local services. Cement City is a home rule village. Per its charter the village charter provides for a board of trustees of six. Trustees are serve two year elected terms. One year term elected official are the president, clerk, treasurer and assessor.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.48 square miles (1.24 km2), all land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 610 people, 227 households, and 166 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,270.8 inhabitants per square mile (490.7/km2). There were 247 housing units at an average density of 514.6 per square mile (198.7/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 93.8% White, 1.3% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 1.6% from other races, and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.9% of the population.
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