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Welcome to Hicksville ...

Hicksville is located in Nassau County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hicksville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

Hicksville is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hicksville: 516 & 363<3>

Communities Also Named Hicksville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Hicksville: This one is located in Nassau County and the other is located in Queens County.

Beyond New York, there are 13 communities that are also named Hicksville - they are located in Arkansas (2), California, Kentucky (2), Massachusetts, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Hicksville ...

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

  • Bronx
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx
    • Bronx is located in Bronx County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
    • Bronx has also been known as:
    • Bronx
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <4>
  • Stamford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
    • Stamford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stamford <4>
  • New Rochelle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Vernon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenwich
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenwich have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
    • Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
  • Hempstead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Freeport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Valley Stream
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Long Beach
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Port Chester
    (17 miles [27.4 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 Hicksville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hicksville.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hicksville. Our list includes 12 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Hicksville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hicksville ...

Looking for more information about Hicksville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Hicksville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Hicksville.

Adding Hicksville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hicksville 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 for Hicksville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Hicksville post office opened in 1855.

We also found Hicksville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New York (1908).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hicksville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Nassau, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hicksville - 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 516 code has been Overlayed with the 363 area code. New phone numbers in the Hicksville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 516 or 363. As a result, placing a call in the Hicksville 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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