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History · Hickory Corners

Hickory Corners’ post office opened in 1844, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Hickory Corners was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1918 on.

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How Hickory Corners began

When was Hickory Corners founded?

1844

The Hickory Corners post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 313182 years
Founding year: the first Hickory Corners post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hickory Corners’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hickory Corners are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19186 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1985. Watch Hickory Corners change.Deep rootsA post office since 1844: 182 years of Hickory Corners.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hickory Corners’s history is told.

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On the map

Hickory Corners on the map, 1918 to 1985

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

Hickory Corners on the 1918 USGS mapHickory Corners on the 1947 USGS mapHickory Corners on the 1950 USGS mapHickory Corners on the 1961 USGS mapHickory Corners on the 1972 USGS mapHickory Corners on the 1985 USGS map1918Galesburg sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story

How Hickory Corners came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hickory Corners.

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The first settler, the Rev. Moses Lawrence, built his home in 1834 on the shore of Lawrence Lake about a half mile east of the present town. In 1837, surveyors found a large hickory tree in the center of section 28, from which the settlement took its name. Solomon C. Hall built the first house in the town and became the first postmaster in July 1844.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Hickory Corners, decade by decade

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Hickory Lodge No. 3452022Hickory Lodge No. 345WMU sunseeker on the move2007WMU sunseeker on the moveSigns for sale2007Signs for sale
On the National Register

1 historic place in Hickory Corners

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Hickory Corners’ history

What year was Hickory Corners founded?

The Hickory Corners post office opened in 1844, 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 Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.