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Welcome to Hawkes ...

Hawkes is located in Jones County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hawkes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Hawkes is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hawkes: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Hawkes ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hawkes - it's located in Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hawkes.

Communities near Hawkes ...

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

  • Laurel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellisville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bay Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Sandersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandersville is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 721 people
  • Heidelberg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Soso
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Soso is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soso
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
  • Moss
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Moss is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss
    • Moss has also been known as:
    • Mossville
  • Antioch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Antioch is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
  • Service
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Service is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Service
  • Amy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Amy is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amy

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hawkes ...

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

Adding Hawkes to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hawkes 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 Hawkes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hawkes post office opened in 1908. The Hawkes post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hawkes.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Jones, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hawkes - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Hawkes area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Hawkes area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/