Do you know of Hawkins ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hawkins. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hawkins.<1>
We found mention of Hawkins as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Mason County, West Virginia.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1889.
Communities Also Named Hawkins ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Hawkins.
Within West Virginia, the name Hawkins is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Hawkins [Yavapai County].
- Arkansas
- Saint Francis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hawkins [Saint Francis County].
- California
- Tulare County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hawkins [Tulare County].
- Colorado
- Kiowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Hawkins [Kiowa County].
- Georgia
- Walker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hawkins [Walker County].
- Idaho
- Bannock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Hawkins [Bannock County].
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Christian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hawkins [Christian County].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Hawkins [Aroostook County].
- Michigan
- Lapeer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hawkins [Lapeer County].
- Newaygo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hawkins [Newaygo County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Hawkins [Roosevelt County].
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hawkins [Wood County].
- Wisconsin
- Chippewa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Hawkins [Chippewa County].
- Rusk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Hawkins [Rusk County].
- Arizona
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hawkins ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hawkins:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Mason County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Mason County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Hawkins could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |