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Welcome to Hickory Island ...

Hickory Island is primarily located in Clay County<1>. A portion of Hickory Island extends into Vigo County.

A typical abbreviation for Hickory Island: Hickory Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Hickory Island is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hickory Island lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Hickory Island (for example, toward Marshall (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Hickory Island: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Hickory Island ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hickory Island - it's located in Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hickory Island.

Communities near Hickory Island ...

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

  • Terre Haute
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Brazil
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sullivan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • West Terre Haute
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jasonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Shelburn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Farmersburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Seelyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Seelyville is located in Vigo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seelyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
  • Dugger
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Clay City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)

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 Island. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hickory Island.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hickory Island. 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 Island.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hickory Island ...

Looking for more information about Hickory Island? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hickory Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hickory Island.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Clay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hickory Island - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Hickory Island area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Hickory Island area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.