Fort Hawkins

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Fort Hawkins was an early 19th-century U.S. military fort and frontier trading post that became the nucleus for the later city of Macon, Georgia.

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instanceOf frontier trading post
military fort
architecturalStyle log fortification
category Buildings and structures in Macon, Georgia
Forts in Georgia
Pre-statehood history of Georgia
United States Army posts
controlledBy United States
coordinateLocation 32.840°N 83.612°W
country United States
hasFunction Indian agency post
military outpost
trading post
hasPart barracks
blockhouses
officers’ quarters
parade ground
stockade
trading house
wooden palisade
hasReconstruction partial reconstruction of blockhouse
heritageStatus archaeological site
historic site
inception circa 1806
locatedIn Bibb County, Georgia
linked to: Bibb County

Georgia
Macon, Georgia
Southeastern United States
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Ocmulgee Mounds
Ocmulgee Old Fields
locatedOn east bank of the Ocmulgee River
material earthworks
wood
namedAfter Benjamin Hawkins
occupant United States Army
openToPublic true
operator City of Macon (as historic site)
partOf American frontier
linked to: Old West
significantEvent served as major U.S. military headquarters in the Southeast during War of 1812
served as supply depot for campaigns against Creek Indians
significantFor being nucleus for the later city of Macon, Georgia
role in U.S.–Creek relations
role in early expansion of the United States in the Southeast
startTime early 19th century
usedDuring Creek War
War of 1812

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