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Welcome to Hawkinstown ...

Hawkinstown is located in Shenandoah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hawkinstown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

Hawkinstown is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hawkinstown: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Hawkinstown ...

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

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

Communities near Hawkinstown ...

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

  • Woodstock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Luray
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Broadway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Timberville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shenandoah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shenandoah have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
    • Shenandoah is located in Page County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,334 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shenandoah <4>
  • New Market
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Stanley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
    • Stanley is located in Page County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <4>
  • Edinburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Toms Brook
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Clifton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Clifton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Clifton
    • Mount Clifton is located in Shenandoah County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hawkinstown ...

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

Adding Hawkinstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hawkinstown 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 Hawkinstown was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

We also found Hawkinstown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hawkinstown.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hawkinstown. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Shenandoah County: www.co.shenandoah.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Shenandoah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hawkinstown - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Hawkinstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Hawkinstown 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>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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