Hawkins is most widely known as the fictional small town “Hawkins, Indiana” from the series Stranger Things , described as a midwestern town in the fictional Roane County about 80 miles from Indianapolis.

Fictional Hawkins, Indiana

  • In Stranger Things lore, Hawkins is a small midwestern town in Indiana.
  • The in‑universe description places it roughly 80 miles outside Indianapolis, in fictional Roane County.
  • The town includes key locations like Hawkins Middle School, Hawkins High School, and Hawkins National Laboratory.

Where it’s filmed in real life

  • The main “Hawkins” town square is filmed in Jackson, Georgia, whose downtown doubles as Hawkins’ center.
  • Other Hawkins-area locations are scattered around the Atlanta metro area, including East Point and various Georgia filming sites used for houses, quarries, and woods.

Real towns named Hawkins

  • There is a real city called Hawkins in Texas, located in Wood County in the eastern part of the state.
  • When people ask “where is Hawkins,” context usually decides whether they mean the Stranger Things town in Indiana or an actual place like Hawkins, Texas.

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