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Welcome to Hickory Station ...

So far, we found very little information about Hickory Station. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hickory Station to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hickory Station, please Contact Us.


Hickory Station would have been located within present day Montgomery County<2>.

The location of Hickory Station has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hickory Station, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Hickory Station: Hickory Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hickory Station is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Hickory Station was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Hickory Station still existed, it would have been in the (870) area code.

Communities near Hickory Station ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hickory Station.

  • Glenwood
  • Mount Ida
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ida
    • Mount Ida lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<5> to the north of Hickory Station.
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,005 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Ida have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Mount Ida
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Ida<6>
  • Amity
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
    • Amity lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> to the southeast of Hickory Station.
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amity have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Amity
  • Norman
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
    • Norman lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<5> to the northwest of Hickory Station.
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 363 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Norman
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norman<6>
  • Daisy
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Daisy lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<5> to the southwest of Hickory Station.
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Daisy
  • Black Springs
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Springs
    • Black Springs lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<5> to the northwest of Hickory Station.
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Black Springs
  • Caddo Gap
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo Gap
    • Caddo Gap lies 4 miles [6.4 km]<5> to the northwest of Hickory Station.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caddo Gap have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Caddo Gap
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caddo Gap<6>
  • Ophir
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Ophir lies 5 miles [8 km]<5> to the northwest of Hickory Station.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ophir have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Ophir
  • Salem
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Salem lies 5 miles [8 km]<5> to the southwest of Hickory Station.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Salem
  • Manfred
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manfred
    • Manfred lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<5> to the west of Hickory Station.
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manfred have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Manfred

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hickory Station. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hickory Station.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hickory Station. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hickory Station.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hickory Station. See our Newspapers Page for Hickory Station.

Adding Hickory Station to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hickory Station in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hickory Station was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Hickory Station post office opened in 1879.

We also found Hickory Station on a map titled William Bradley Map (1889).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hickory Station.

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hickory Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hickory Station - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hickory Station) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hickory Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3737, Longitude: -93.5502       In this case, the coordinates for Hickory Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

 

 

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