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Welcome to Hickory Point ...

Hickory Point is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hickory Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

A typical abbreviation for Hickory Point: Hickory Pt.

Hickory Point is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Hickory Point ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Hickory Point: This one is located in Montgomery County and the other is located in Haywood County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 6 communities that are also named Hickory Point - they are located in Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Hickory Point ...

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

  • Cheap Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
  • Clarksville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Oakridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
  • Oak Grove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Christian County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,369 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Grove <3>
  • Louise Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
  • Pleasant View
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Ashland City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
  • Coopertown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Coopertown is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
  • Charlotte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Guthrie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hickory Point ...

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

Adding Hickory Point to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hickory Point 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 Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hickory Point post office opened in 1900. The Hickory Point post office closed in 1955.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hickory Point - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/