Kentucky · Census place 2135200

Hawesville, Kentucky

Hawesville is a city in Hancock County, Kentucky with an estimated 1,012 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 205th largest of 206 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,012
#205 of 206 in Kentucky
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-14 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
625 / sq mi
State median 1,588
Orange pin: Hawesville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Frankfort.

Hawesville population, 2020 to 2024

Hawesville lost 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

1,02620201,02120211,01820221,00320231,0122024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,025. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hawesville covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 625 people per square mile of land. The median Kentucky place of 5,000+ has 1,588, so Hawesville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hawesville is in

All of Hawesville's residents live in Hancock County, which had 9,013 residents in 2024. Hawesville holds 11.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hawesville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hawesville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 42348. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hawesville is

The Census internal point of Hawesville is at 37.892100, -86.755500. Frankfort, the capital, is 104.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cannelton, IN (1,498 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 43.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.892100, -86.755500
DMS
37°53'31.56"N 86°45'19.80"W
UTM
16N 521497.9E 4193871.6N
Geohash
dndr9f496
Plus code
869MV6RV+RR

Daylight in Hawesville

At 37.89° N, Hawesville gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hawesville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kentucky, measured between internal points. The closest is Cloverport, 7.9 miles away, with 1,144 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hawesville, KY?

1,012 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 14 (1.4%) from 1,026 in July 2020.

What county is Hawesville in?

Hancock County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hawesville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 42348.

How far is Hawesville from Frankfort?

104.3 miles (167.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Hawesville.

What is the nearest larger city to Hawesville?

Cannelton, IN, with 1,498 residents, 1.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.