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Hawkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,721. [3] Its county seat is Rogersville. [4] Hawkins County is part of the 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.
Hawkins County was organized in 1786 by the State of North Carolina; Rogersville, then called Hawkins Courthouse, was selected as the county seat due to the diligence of its founder and tireless promoter, Joseph Rogers (son-in-law to a prominent local settler, Colonel Thomas Amis, a French Huguenot who worked with the Irish-born Rogers after Rogers wedded Amis' daughter Mary).
Hawkins County Courthouse, ca. 1835–36, is situated at the center of Rogersville.Still in use, it is the second oldest courthouse in Tennessee. [9]In 1775, the grandparents of Davy Crockett, a future member of the United States Congress from Tennessee and hero of the Alamo, settled in the Watauga colony in the area in what is today Rogersville near the spring that today bears their name. [10]
Mooresburg is a census-designated place (CDP) and an unincorporated town [1] in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Its population was 941 as of the 2010 census . [ 5 ] It is located along U.S. Route 11W between Rogersville and Bean Station .
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Saint Clair (alternatively, St. Clair) is an unincorporated community in Hawkins County, Tennessee. [1] Saint Clair is the location of Saint Clair Elementary School and a Volunteer Fire Department. References
Persia is an unincorporated community in Hawkins County, Tennessee, ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Hawkins County, Tennessee" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .