Hickory (also, Hickory Grove) is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
in
Graves County,
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
, United States., which is located north of
Mayfield and south of
Paducah
Paducah ( ) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Miss ...
in far western Kentucky.
Hickory was laid out in 1856 along the tracks of Illinois Central Gulf railroad, and named for the large hickory trees dotting the landscape. A post office called Hickory Grove was established in 1858, and the name of the post office was designated Hickory in 1914.
Demographics
A total of 256 people lived in Hickory, Kentucky in 2020, with a median age of 28.3 and a typical household income of $18,600. Hickory, Kentucky's population decreased from 277 to 256 between 2019 and 2020, a loss of 7.58%, while its median household income increased from N/A to $18,600, a N/A% N/A.
White (non-Hispanic) (78.9%), Black or African American (non-Hispanic) (9.77%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (7.03%), Other (Hispanic) (2.34%), and Two+ (Hispanic) (1.95%) are the 5 major ethnic groups in Hickory, Kentucky.
References
Census-designated places in Graves County, Kentucky
Census-designated places in Kentucky
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