Hawkeye, Missouri

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Hawkeye is an unincorporated community in the northwest corner of Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The Pulaski-Camden county line is one-half mile to the west and the Pulaski-Miller county line is one mile to the north. Missouri Route U passes through the community. The community is on a ridge at an elevation of 1106 feet [1] at the head of the north flowing Barren Fork, the northeast flowing Clinkingbeard Creek to the east and tributaries of west flowing Deane Creek to the south and west. [2]

History

A post office was in operation at Hawkeye from 1882 until 1955. [3] The community was so named on account of its lofty elevation. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hawkeye, Missouri
  2. ↑ Brumley, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1987
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Pulaski County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.

38°00′20″N92°23′35″W / 38.00556°N 92.39306°W / 38.00556; -92.39306

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