Nearest Communities to Hawkins,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Hawkins, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Hawkins:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Hawkins.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Hawkins is located in Kiowa County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kiowa County: Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Lincoln, Otero, Prowers & Greeley (KS).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hawkins. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Kiowa County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Hawkins (which is Kiowa County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Hawkins
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Kiowa County (where Hawkins resides)
- County Seat for Kiowa: Eads
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Kiowa County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Kiowa County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Kiowa County
- Nearest Communities to Hawkins ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hawkins.
- Galatea
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Eads
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eads
- Eads is located in Kiowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eads <4>
- Haswell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haswell have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haswell
- Haswell is located in Kiowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haswell <4>
- Chivington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chivington
- Chivington is located in Kiowa County
- Arlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Arlington. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Arlington is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <4>
- Water Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Water Valley is located in Kiowa County
- Brandon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bent County
- County Seat for Bent: Las Animas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Bent County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Bent County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Bent County
- Nearest Communities to Hawkins ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hawkins.
- Big Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Lubers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south) - McClave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McClave have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClave
- McClave is located in Bent County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McClave <4>
- Hasty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Hasty is located in Bent County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hasty <4>
- Keesee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Kreybill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Old Fort Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Fort Lyons have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort Lyons
- Old Fort Lyons is located in Bent County
- Prowers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Able
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south) - Caddoa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south) - Hilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south) - Fort Lyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Lyon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lyon
- Fort Lyon is located in Bent County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Lyon <4>
- Melina
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cheyenne County
- County Seat for Cheyenne: Cheyenne Wells
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Cheyenne County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Cheyenne County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Cheyenne County
- Nearest Communities to Hawkins ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hawkins.
- Sorrento
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Kit Carson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kit Carson
- Kit Carson is located in Cheyenne County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kit Carson <4>
- Wild Horse
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Horse
- Wild Horse is located in Cheyenne County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wild Horse <4>
- Aroya
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Fort Big Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Big Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Big Spring
- Fort Big Spring is located in Cheyenne County
- Firstview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Prowers County
- County Website: www.prowerscounty.net/
- County Seat for Prowers: Lamar
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Prowers County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Prowers County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Prowers County
- Nearest Communities to Hawkins ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hawkins.
- May Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for May Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Valley
- May Valley is located in Prowers County
- Wiley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wiley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
- Wiley is located in Prowers County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wiley <4>
- Sugar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Kornman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kornman
- Kornman is located in Prowers County
- Culp
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hawkins) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hawkins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4939, Longitude: -102.9324 In this case, the coordinates for Hawkins have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |