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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Hawkins (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Hawkins. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of 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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Hawkins is located in Kiowa County.

To see how the shape of Colorado's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kiowa County: Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Lincoln, Otero, Prowers & Greeley (KS).

Below are the counties that are near Hawkins. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hawkins:

  • Kiowa County     (The home county of Hawkins)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawkins, with the one closest to Hawkins listed first.
    • Galatea
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Galatea is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatea
    • Eads
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Haswell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Chivington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Chivington is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chivington
    • Arlington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Water Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Water Valley is located in Kiowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
  • Bent County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawkins, with the one closest to Hawkins listed first.
    • Big Bend
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Bend is located in Bent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
    • McClave
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Hasty
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Caddoa ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Caddoa is located in Bent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddoa
    • Hilton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hilton is located in Bent County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
    • Fort Lyon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cheyenne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawkins, with the one closest to Hawkins listed first.
    • Kit Carson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Wild Horse
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Firstview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Firstview is located in Cheyenne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firstview
  • Prowers County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hawkins, with the one closest to Hawkins listed first.
    • Wiley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kornman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kornman is located in Prowers County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kornman

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hawkins, see our County-by-County Page for Hawkins.

Cemeteries Near Hawkins ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hawkins.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Hawkins - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hawkins covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hawkins, with the one closest to Hawkins listed first.

  • Galatea Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Eads Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eads Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Eads Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Eads.
    • The Eads Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Eads Old Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2307806 <2>
  • Eads Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Haswell Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • France Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Kit Carson Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kit Carson Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kit Carson Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Kit Carson.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57372 <2>
  • Chivington Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • McIntire Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntire Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the McIntire Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west of Kit Carson.
    • The McIntire Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wild Horse Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2307816 <2>
  • Wiley Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Arlington Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Water Valley Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • The Home Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Union Valley Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Union Valley Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Hasty.
      • The Union Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hasty Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57593 <2>
    • Plainview Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Aroya Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Hawkins in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hawkins.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Hawkins, with the one closest to Hawkins listed first.

  • Galatea
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Galatea is located in Kiowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatea
  • Eads
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Haswell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Sorrento
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Sorrento is located in Cheyenne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorrento
  • Kit Carson
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Chivington
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Chivington is located in Kiowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chivington
  • Wild Horse
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Arlington
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Water Valley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Water Valley is located in Kiowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
  • Brandon
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Brandon is located in Kiowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
  • Prowers
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Prowers is located in Bent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prowers

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hawkins. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hawkins.

Newspapers Published in Hawkins ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hawkins.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hawkins, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hawkins.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Hawkins:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hawkins) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hawkins, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.