Welcome to Hickory Run ...

So far, we found very little information about Hickory Run. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hickory Run to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hickory Run, please Contact Us.

Hickory Run would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.

The location of Hickory Run has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hickory Run, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1848.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hickory Run is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Hickory Run was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Hickory Run ...

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

Communities near Hickory Run ...

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

• Wilkes-Barre
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkes-Barre
  • Wilkes-Barre is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,597 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilkes-Barre <5>
• Hazleton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazleton
  • Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,809 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hazleton <5>
• Kingston
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Kingston is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,787 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kingston <5>
• Nanticoke
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
  • Nanticoke is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,278 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nanticoke <5>
• Plymouth
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,752 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <5>
• Palmerton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palmerton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton
  • Palmerton is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
• Lehighton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehighton
  • Lehighton is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,296 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lehighton <5>
• Edwardsville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edwardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Edwardsville is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,738 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsville <5>
• Jim Thorpe
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
  • Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
  • Former names for Jim Thorpe:
  • East Mauch Chunk
  • Mauch Chunk
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <5>
• Larksville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larksville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larksville
  • Larksville is located in Luzerne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,395 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Larksville <5>

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

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

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

Adding Hickory Run to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hickory Run in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hickory Run was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Hickory Run post office opened in 1848.

We also found Hickory Run in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Carbon County: www.carboncounty.com/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/