Hawkins is a town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 170 at the 2000 census. The Village of Hawkins is located within the town. The town was most likely named for Marsh P. Hawkins, who was the secretary and treasurer of the Minneapolis & St. Louis division of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad in th…Hawkins is a town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 170 at the 2000 census. The Village of Hawkins is located within the town. The town was most likely named for Marsh P. Hawkins, who was the secretary and treasurer of the Minneapolis & St. Louis division of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad in the 1880s.