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Welcome to East Hickory ...

East Hickory is located in Forest County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Hickory, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.

A typical abbreviation for East Hickory: E. Hickory

East Hickory is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for East Hickory: 814 & 582<3>

The ZIP code for East Hickory: 16321<4>

Communities Also Named East Hickory ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Hickory - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near East Hickory ...

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

  • Oil City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Titusville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Youngsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Pleasantville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Tidioute
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hydetown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Hydetown is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
  • Rouseville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tionesta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jamison is located in Forest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
  • Enterprise
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Enterprise is located in Warren County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Hickory ...

Looking for more information about East 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.

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

Adding East Hickory to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the East Hickory post office opened in 1867. The East Hickory post office closed in 1986.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Forest, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the East Hickory area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the East Hickory area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as East Hickory). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether East Hickory or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/