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Welcome to Hickory Corner ...

Hickory Corner is located in Grayson County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Hickory Corner: Hickory Cor. (or less commonly used: Hickory Crn.)

Hickory Corner is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Hickory Corner lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Hickory Corner (for example, toward Upton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Hickory Corner: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Hickory Corner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Hickory Corner - they are located in Indiana, New Jersey, Ontario and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Hickory Corner ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hardinsburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Cloverport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Clarkson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Caneyville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Whitesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Fordsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Glen Dean
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Glen Dean is located in Breckinridge County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Dean
  • Indian Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Indian Valley is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Valley
  • Short Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Short Creek is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hickory Corner ...

Looking for more information about Hickory Corner? 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 Corner, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hickory Corner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Grayson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hickory Corner - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Hickory Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Hickory Corner 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.