Welcome to Nighthawk ...

So far, we found very little information about Nighthawk. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Nighthawk to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nighthawk, please Contact Us.

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Nighthawk would have been located within present day Okanogan County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nighthawk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Nighthawk is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Nighthawk was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Nighthawk was located: 509

Communities Also Named Nighthawk ...

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

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

Communities near Nighthawk ...

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

• Osoyoos
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osoyoos
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Osoyoos <4>
• Oliver
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oliver <4>
• Oroville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Oroville is located in Okanogan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,688 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oroville <4>
• Keremeos
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keremeos
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keremeos <4>
• Chopaka
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chopaka
• Loomis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Loomis is located in Okanogan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loomis <4>
• Cawston
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cawston
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cawston <4>
• Molson ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Molson is located in Okanogan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molson
• Tonasket
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Tonasket is located in Okanogan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonasket
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,131 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tonasket <4>
• Bridesville
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridesville

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

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

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

Adding Nighthawk to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nighthawk post office opened in 1902. The Nighthawk post office closed in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nighthawk.