Hawks, Michigan is a small, unincorporated community in eastern Bismarck Township, extending east into Belknap Township, in the northeastern Lower Peninsula.
As an unincorporated community, there are no rigidly defined boundaries to Hawks, although it can be clearly seen in Presque Isle County, at the point where County Road 451, County Road 638, Hawks Highway, and Claus Road come together. The community of Metz is about five miles to the east-southeast. Cities and villages within twenty miles of Hawks include Millersburg, Rogers City, Posen, Hillman, and Onaway.
Like many Michigan towns, Hawks was established when the railroad came through to support the lumber industry. The Detroit & Mackinac Railroad took over the Alpena & Northern Railroad just north of the current townsite and established a station at Hawks in 1895, which was also known as LaRoque. The original A&N line turned southwest from Hawks to Valentine Lake. By the turn of the century, the pine forests were depleted in the area and the line from Valentine Lake was removed, leaving the main tracks to Cheboygan.
A post office was established in Hawks on August 26, 1896, and named for James Dudley Hawks, who was then the president of the D&M Railroad. Today, the Hawks post office serves much of southern Bismarck Township, as well as southern Belknap Township, parts of western Pulawski Township east of Belknap, the western part of Metz Township, and a small portion of southeastern Case Township.
The focus of this guide is on the Hawks community. Websites representing any businesses, industries, churches, organizations, attractions, or events within the community are appropriate here.
Recommended Resources
With more than twenty-five years of experience in the well drilling business, Chuck's Well Service can handle any residential, agricultural, or commercial well-drilling job, including supplying and installing new pumps. Its office location, hours, and contacts are posted on the site, and an overview of its free estimate program and guarantees are included, with a 30-second informational video. Its service areas are shown on a map, and its services are detailed on its site.
https://www.chuckswellservice.com/
Located along County Road 451, just south of West Hawks Highway, in the community of Hawks, Michigan, the cemetery is featured here. The Find-a-Grave site is a community-supported program that allows site visitors to upload information and photographs of the grounds and memorials of people interred there for inclusion in the site, including names, dates of birth and death, and other data. The included information is searchable by name and years of birth or death.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/499/faith-lutheran-cemetery
Operated by Chuck Krueger, the firearms dealership is located on West Hawks Highway in Hawks, Michigan, which carries a variety of rifles, shotguns and optics from major brands and calibers, as well as handguns, and can mount, bore, sight, and target shoot new rifle and optic setups, pattern shotgun with existing or custom chokes, install night sites on handguns. Also included are a 100-yard on-site gun range, an automatic clay target thrower, and extra magazines, ammo, and other accessories.
http://hawksgunstore.com/
The cemetery is situated along Claus Road, just south of West Hawks Highway and north of West Metz Highway, in Hawks, Michigan. Find-a-Grave is a community-supported project to document people interred in cemeteries throughout the United States. Site visitors are encouraged to submit photographs of memorials in the cemetery and other details or make requests for photos. Names, dates of birth and death, and other details are included, and linked to those of family members.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/752/hope-lutheran-cemetery
State Wide Real Estate of Hawks
Based in Hawks, Michigan, the real estate agency serves as a buyer's agent, working for the buyer not the seller, and who maintains the buyer's confidentiality, disclosing to the seller only those facts that the buyer wants to be disclosed. The site details the differences between traditional real estate companies, which act as seller's agents, and a buyer's agent firm, and its agents are introduced, along with the office location, contacts, and client testimonials.
http://statewideofhawks.com/
