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is a city in Wood County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,331 at the 2000 census.
Conservative monitors Mel and Norma Gabler launched their critique of public school textbooks from their kitchen table in Hawkins in 1961 before finally settling in Longview.
Hawkins is located at (32.591694, -95.200936).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.8 km²), of which, 2.2 square miles (5.8 km²) of it is land and 0.44% is water.
Hawkins is located between Mineola (18 miles west of Hawkins) and Big Sandy, Texas (7 miles east) on U.S. Route 80. Most of Hawkins is along FM Road 14 which runs north and south. Quitman, Texas and the unincorporated community of Holly Lake Ranch are located to the north of Hawkins, while Interstate 20 and Tyler can be reached by traveling south from Hawkins on FM 14.