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Welcome to Hawley ...

Hawley is located in Grant County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hawley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Hawley is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hawley: 580

Communities Also Named Hawley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Hawley - they are located in California (2), Colorado, Idaho, Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Hawley ...

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

  • Cherokee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Helena
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helena have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Helena is located in Alfalfa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,417 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <3>
  • Medford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Pond Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Wakita
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kremlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kremlin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremlin
    • Kremlin is located in Garfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kremlin <3>
  • Goltry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jet
    • Jet is located in Alfalfa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jet <3>
  • Nash
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hillsdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
    • Hillsdale is located in Garfield County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Former name for Hillsdale:
    • Coldwater
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsdale <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hawley ...

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

Adding Hawley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hawley post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hawley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hawley - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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