Hawk Point, Missouri
city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States
Hawk Point is a city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hawk Point had a population of 676.
History
A post office called Hawk Point has been in operation since 1840. The community was named for the fact that hawks nested near the original town site.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.37 square miles (0.96 km2), all land.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 669 people, 247 households, and 169 families living in the city. The population density was 1,808.1 inhabitants per square mile (698.1/km2). There were 288 housing units at an average density of 778.4 per square mile (300.5/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 94.0% White, 1.3% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.6% from other races, and 3.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.8% of the population.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hawk Point, Missouri” is city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hawk, Point and Missouri, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q957602. Authority coordinates are 38.971, -91.134. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1840 and 2010.
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This entry incorporates text from “Hawk Point, Missouri” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.