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Welcome to Hickory Valley ...

Hickory Valley is located in Winn Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hickory Valley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for Hickory Valley: Hickory Vly. (or less commonly used: Hickory Vally. or Hickory Vlly.)

Hickory Valley is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hickory Valley: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Hickory Valley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Hickory Valley - they are located in Arkansas, Tennessee (3) and Utah.

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

Communities near Hickory Valley ...

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

  • Winnfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Olla
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Olla is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,371 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olla <4>
  • Urania
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Chatham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Grayson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Tullos
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Georgetown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Dodson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Sikes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hickory Valley ...

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

Adding Hickory Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hickory Valley in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Hickory Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hickory Valley post office opened in 1874. The Hickory Valley post office closed in 1929.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Winn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hickory Valley - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Hickory Valley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Hickory Valley 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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