The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHickory is a town in Newton County, Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, Hickory had a population of 408. The town is named after Andrew Jackson, who was nicknamed "Old Hickory."
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 530 to 408 (-23%). Half of its homes were built before 1974.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hickory yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Hickory’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hickory’s history is told.
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Hickory, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Hickory is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hickory has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Chunky River Bridge in Chunky, 5.3 miles away.
Hickory and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.