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History · Hickory Flat

Hickory Flat’s post office opened in 1839, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Hickory Flat was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Its Register listing is the J. W. Crawford & Co. General Store.

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How Hickory Flat began

When was Hickory Flat founded?

1839

The Hickory Flat post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 496187 years
Founding year: the first Hickory Flat post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Hickory Flat’s 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 Flat are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1839: 187 years of Hickory Flat.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hickory Flat’s history is told.

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How Hickory Flat came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Hickory Flat.

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In 1907, Hickory Flat was described as an incorporated postal town situated on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad. In 1900, the town had two churches and a population of 204. The town's post office was established in 1839.

On June 18, 2025, the J. W. Crawford & Co. General Store at 1187 Spruce St. in Hickory Flat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Hickory Flat, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Hickory Flat

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

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first listed
2025
J. W. Crawford & Co. General Store
J. W. Crawford & Co. General Store
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J. W. Crawford & Co. General StoreBuilding · listed 2025

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

Questions about Hickory Flat’s history

What year was Hickory Flat founded?

The Hickory Flat post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Hickory Flat?

One place: the J. W. Crawford & Co. General Store (listed 2025).

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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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.