[5] The city name honors local cattle foreman John “Hooker” Threlkeld, who came to the area in 1873.

In 1904, the Chicago Townsite Company oversaw the organization and sale of town lots, and the city quickly grew.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2), all land.

[12] Hooker Municipal Airport (FAA ID: O45), about 1 mile west, has a 3312’ x 60’ paved runway.

[13] Commercial air transportation is available out of Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport in Kansas, about 21 miles to the northeast.

[14] The Hooker Woodframe Grain Elevator off Texas Avenue, as well as the Elmer Baker Barn off Mile 47 Road, are NRHP-listed.