Hawley is a town in Clay County, Minnesota, United States, along the Buffalo River.

Hawley was at one time settled by a colony of immigrants from Yeovil, Somerset; among these was Elisabeth Chant, later a painter in Minneapolis.

[6] Hawley is east of Moorhead, at the intersection of the Buffalo River, U.S. Route 10, and the Burlington Northern Railroad.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.53 square miles (6.55 km2), all land.

About 7.2% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.6% of those under the age of 18 and 12.2% of those 65 and older.

Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop.

Hawley may be best known as the site of construction of the Viking ship Hjemkomst, which sailed from Duluth, Minnesota, to Bergen, Norway, in 1982.

The ship is on display at the Heritage Hjemkomst Center in nearby Moorhead.

Its football team has won numerous conference and section championships.