Hickory Creek, Audrain County, Missouri

Ghost town in Missouri, United States

Hickory Creek is an extinct town in southeast Audrain County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community was on the north floodplain of the West Fork Cuivre River at the confluence of Hickory Creek along Missouri Route W. Middletown is five miles to the southeast in adjacent Montgomery County.[2]

A post office called Hickory Creek was established in 1840, and remained in operation until 1873.[3] The community took its name from nearby Hickory Creek.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hickory Creek (historical)
  2. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 32 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Audrain County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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Municipalities and communities of Audrain County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Mexico
Cities
  • Centralia‡
  • Farber
  • Laddonia
  • Martinsburg
  • Mexico
  • Vandalia‡
Map of Missouri highlighting Audrain County
Villages
  • Benton City
  • Rush Hill
  • Vandiver
TownshipsUnincorporated
communitiesGhost town
  • Hickory Creek
Footnotes
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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39°10′08″N 91°30′05″W / 39.16889°N 91.50139°W / 39.16889; -91.50139


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