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History · Hickox

Hickox’s post office opened in 1900

Most of Hickox was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1987 on.

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How Hickox began

When was Hickox founded?

1900

The Hickox post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 234126 years
Founding year: the first Hickox post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hickox’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Hickox, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hickox yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Hickox is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in south-central Brantley County, Georgia, United States. It is on U.S. Route 301, 4 miles (6 km) south of Nahunta and 22 miles (35 km) north of Folkston. The 2020 census listed a population of 234.

Its first post office opened in 1900.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Hickox, 1900 to 1987

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Hickox post office opens
  3. 1953Post officeThe Hickox post office closes
  4. 1987On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Hickox on the map, 1987 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hickox. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Hickox on the 1987 USGS mapHickox on the 1993 USGS map1987Nahunta sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hickox.

Famous people

Famous people close to Hickox

Nobody well known was born in Hickox itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Nikki DeLoachAmerican actress and singer · b. 1979
Erriyon KnightonAmerican male sprinter · b. 2004
Pernell RobertsAmerican actor and singer · b. 1928
Adam WainwrightAmerican baseball player · b. 1981
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Naomi WhiteheadOldest living person in the United States · b. 1910
Courtney WilliamsAmerican basketball player (born May 1994) · b. 1994
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Hickox had its own post office from 1900 to 1953.

Hickox
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Hickox’s history

What year was Hickox founded?

The Hickox post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.