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Hickory Creek

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท MISSOURI

A historical populated place in Audrain County, Missouri, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Hickory Creek
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Missouri
County
Audrain County
USGS Map
Vandalia Lake
Coordinates
39.1690045, -91.5014855
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GNIS Feature ID
738786

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Formerly located 35 km (22 mi) E of Mexico.

GNIS historical note

This was a settlement and post office in Cuivre Township, established as early as 1853 and discontinued before 1876. It is named from its location near Hickory Creek.

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 738786. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Text Ramsay Place-Name Card Collection. A collection of approximately 32,000 place names on filing cards. Three sets exits: one at USGS-GNIS in Reston, Virginia; one in the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection at the University of Missouri-Columbia; one in the State Historical Society of Missouri at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The last set was used for Phase II compilation because it was organized by counties. Names were collected by students writing theses during the period 1929 to 1945. The date on the Phase II entry refers to the year of completion of the thesis that covered a given county.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.