Hooper is a populated place situated in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. It was begun as a mining camp, originally called Foresight, which was a misspelling of Foresythe, having been named after the Foresythe family, one of whom, John Foresythe, served as postmaster. It has an estimated elevation of 5,331 feet (1,625 m) above sea level.