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Welcome to Hawkins County ...

Time Zone: Hawkins County lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Rogersville is the Seat for Hawkins County.

Hawkins County was founded in 1786 and was created by taking area from Sullivan County.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Hawkins had a population of 56,786 people. This is a decrease of 0.15% since the last Census (which gave a population of 56,870 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Hawkins represented 0.9% of the total population of Tennessee.

Below are some of the communities located in Hawkins County:

  • Bulls Gap
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Church Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Carmel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rogersville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Surgoinsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

Websites of Interest ...

Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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