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Welcome to Young Hickory ...

Young Hickory is located in Muskingum County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Young Hickory, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Young Hickory is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Young Hickory: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Young Hickory ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Young Hickory - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Young Hickory ...

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

  • Zanesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cambridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Crooksville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Byesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • New Concord
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • South Zanesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • South Zanesville is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Zanesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,095 people
  • Roseville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • McConnelsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Caldwell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Beverly
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Young Hickory ...

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

Adding Young Hickory to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Young Hickory 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 Young Hickory was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Young Hickory post office opened in 1846. The Young Hickory post office closed in 1902.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Muskingum, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Young Hickory - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Young Hickory area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Young Hickory 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/