Welcome to Hewins ...

Hewins is located in Chautauqua County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hewins, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Hewins is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hewins lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Hewins: 620

Communities near Hewins ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hewins.

• Sedan
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sedan is located in Chautauqua County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 992 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sedan <3>
• Cedar Vale
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Vale is located in Chautauqua County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 503 people
  • Cedar Vale has also been known as:
  • Cedar
  • Cedarvale
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Vale <3>
• Dexter
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Dexter is located in Cowley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <3>
• Peru
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Peru is located in Chautauqua County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
• Chautauqua
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Chautauqua is located in Chautauqua County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chautauqua
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
• Elgin
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Elgin is located in Chautauqua County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
  • Elgin has also been known as:
  • New Elgin
• Grainola
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Grainola is located in Osage County (OK)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grainola
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30 people
• Foraker
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Foraker is located in Osage County (OK)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foraker
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19 people
• Wauneta
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Wauneta is located in Chautauqua County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauneta
• Gibbs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Gibbs is located in Chautauqua County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hewins. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hewins.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hewins. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hewins.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hewins. See our Newspapers Page for Hewins.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hewins ...

Looking for more information about Hewins? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hewins, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hewins.

Adding Hewins to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hewins in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hewins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hewins post office opened in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hewins.