Hawkeye is an
unincorporated community
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in the northwest corner of
Pulaski County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
The Pulaski-
Camden county line is one-half mile to the west and the Pulaski-
Miller
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county line is one mile to the north.
Missouri Route U
A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Supplemental routes were various roads within the state which the Missouri Department of Transportation was given in 1952 to maintain in additio ...
passes through the community. The community is on a ridge at an elevation of 1106 feet
[ 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.
]
History
A post office was in operation at Hawkeye from 1882 until 1955. The community was so named on account of its lofty elevation.
References
Unincorporated communities in Pulaski County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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