Hawkins Land

The area here on both sides of K-68 was known for many years as Hawkinsville. The original Hawkins home was about ¼ mile south, now the site of the Wal*Mart Distribution Center. The first stone school was built by the Hawkins family in 1868. The need for larger schools followed, and the building on the right, now a home, served as the latest school that closed in 1967. Three generations of the Rice family attended Hawkins school beginning with Bessie Hawkins Rice. The limestone house ¼ mile west on K-68 was built by Reuben Hawkins in the 1880s. Private property.