Hawkinsville Dispatch and News

HISTORY

Newspaper

  • 1866 Hawkinsville dispatch established.Geo. P. Woods, editor and publisher.
  • 1881 Hawkinsville news established. J.R. Beverly, editor and publisher.
  • 1889 Hawkinsville dispatch and Hawkinsville news merge to form Hawkinsville dispatch and news, Beverly and Waterman, editors and publishers. The paper is still published under this title.

City

County seat of Pulaski County

County

Superior Court Districts

  • Ocmulgee Circuit, Dec. 22, 1808-Dec. 19, 1818
  • Southern Circuit, Dec. 19, 1818-Dec. 12, 1871
  • Oconee Circuit, Dec. 12, 1871-

Population - Census

  • 1810 2093
  • 1820 5283
  • 1830 4906
  • 1840 5389
  • 1850 6627
  • 1860 8744
  • 1870 11940
  • 1880 14058
  • 1890 16559
  • 1900 18489
  • 1910 22835
  • 1920 11587
  • 1930 9005

ALREADY DIGITIZED BY DLG

No Hawkinsville or Pulaski County newspapers have been digitized.

FILM HOLDINGS

Hawkinsville dispatch weekly sn 85034070

  1. Jan, 1867 - Apr, 1874
  2. May 1874 - Dec 1877
  3. Jan 1878 - Aug 1881
  4. Sep 1881 - May 1885
  5. Jun 1885 - Nov 1889

Hawkinsville news weekly sn 98063003

  1. Feb 18, 1885 - Sep 1887
  2. Oct 1887 - Nov 6, 1889

Hawkinsville dispatch and news weekly sn87090566

  1. Jan 1890 - Dec 15, 1892
  2. Jan 1893 - Apr 1896
  3. May 1896 - Dec 1898
  4. Jan 1899 - Sep 1901
  5. Oct 1901 - Dec 1903
  6. Jan 1904 - Apr 1906
  7. May 1906 - Dec 1907
  8. Jan 1908 - Jun 1909
  9. Jul 1909 - Jun 1910
  10. Jul 1910 - Oct 1911
  11. Nov 1911 - Aug 1912
  12. Sep 1912 - Dec 1913
  13. Jan 23, 1914 - Apr, 1916
  14. May 1916 - Apr, 1918
  15. May 1918 - Aug 1920
  16. Jan 1919 - Apr 1943
  17. Sep, 1920 - Dec, 1922