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Welcome to Hawick ...

Hawick is located in Kandiyohi County<1>.

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

Hawick is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hawick: 320

Communities near Hawick ...

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

  • Willmar
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Paynesville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Richmond
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New London
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Spicer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Spicer is located in Kandiyohi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,224 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spicer <3>
  • Atwater
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Eden Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Belgrade
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Belgrade is located in Stearns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 787 people
  • Brooten
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brooten is located in Stearns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooten
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
  • Grove City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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 Hawick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hawick.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hawick. 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 Hawick.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hawick ...

Looking for more information about Hawick? 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 Hawick, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hawick.

Adding Hawick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hawick 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 Hawick was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hawick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Kandiyohi, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hawick - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/