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| Name | Hawkins |
| Alt names | Hawkins | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | Spencer County | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS47041253 |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 36.433°N 82.95°W |
| Located in | Tennessee, United States (1785 - ) |
| See also | Claiborne, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Grainger, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Hamblen, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Hancock, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jefferson, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Knox, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Hawkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 56,833. Its county seat is Rogersville, Tennessee's second-oldest town.
Hawkins County is part of the Kingsport–Bristol (TN)–Bristol (VA) Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1785 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1786 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1787 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1810 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1914 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 6,970
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| 1800 | 6,563
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| 1810 | 7,643
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| 1820 | 10,949
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| 1830 | 13,683
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| 1840 | 15,035
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| 1850 | 13,370
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| 1860 | 16,162
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| 1870 | 15,837
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| 1880 | 20,610
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| 1890 | 22,246
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| 1900 | 24,267
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| 1910 | 23,587
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| 1920 | 22,918
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| 1930 | 24,117
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| 1940 | 28,523
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| 1950 | 30,494
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| 1960 | 30,468
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| 1970 | 33,726
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| 1980 | 43,751
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| 1990 | 44,565
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Research Tips
- Outstanding guide to Hawkins County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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