Hawkinsville, Georgia Hawkinsville, Georgia Location in Pulaski County and the state of Georgia Location in Pulaski County and the state of Georgia Hawkinsville is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Pulaski County, Georgia, United States. The populace was 4,589 at the 2010 census.
Hawkinsville is known as the "Harness Horse Capital" of Georgia. The Lawrence Bennett Harness Horse Racing facility is owned by the town/city and serves as an meaningful training ground amid winter months. The Harness Festival takes place every April at the end of training before horses head north for the harness racing season.
4.1 Pulaski County School District That same year, the seat of Pulaski County was transferred to Hawkinsville from Hartford.
The town/city includes Hawkinsville High School and a several historical sites, including Hawkinsville City Hall-Auditorium, Hawkinsville Public School, the Merritt-Ragan House, the Pulaski County Courthouse, and Taylor Hall.
Thomas African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized after the American Civil War as one of hundreds of AME churches planted in the South by missionaries from the first black autonomous denomination in the United States, established in the early 19th century in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Hawkinsville Commercial and Industrial Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hawkinsville is also home to the historic Hawkinsville Opera House.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.4 square miles (11 km2), of which, 4.4 square miles (11 km2) of it is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (1.57%) is water.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,977, and the median income for a family was $32,926.
Pulaski County School District The Pulaski County School District holds grades pre-school to undertaking twelve.
Pulaski County Elementary School Pulaski County Middle School Hawkinsville High School The Georgia Department of Corrections operates the Pulaski State Prison in Hawkinsville. The United States Postal Service operates the Hawkinsville Post Office. The United States Air Force operates the Hawkinsville Air Force Space Surveillance System.
The Hawkinsville High School Red Devils football team won back-to-back state championships in Hawkinsville.
Rapper Young Jeezy used to live in Hawkinsville with his grandmother. He claimed both Hawkinsville and Macon as home in his 2005 song "Stay Strapped." United States Enumeration Bureau.
, Hawkinsville Chamber of Commerce Historical Gazetteer of the United States.
Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 25, 2010.
"Pulaski State Prison." Municipalities and communities of Pulaski County, Georgia, United States County seat: Hawkinsville state)Cities in Pulaski County, Georgia - County seats in Georgia (U.S.
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