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Welcome to Hickston ...

Hickston is located

Hickston is located in Gonzales County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hickston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Hickston is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hickston: 830

Communities near Hickston ...

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

  • Gonzales
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shiner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Flatonia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Waelder
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Moulton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Sandy Fork
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
  • Kokernot
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Kokernot is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokernot
  • Colony
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Colony is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
  • Glaze City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Glaze City is located in Gonzales County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glaze City
  • Komensky
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Komensky is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Komensky

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hickston ...

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

Adding Hickston to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hickston post office opened in 1898. The Hickston post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hickston.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Gonzales, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hickston - 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/