Place Name:  Hickory Hill

Founded:        1867

Origin:           Hickory trees in area

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Hickory Hill was plotted December 14, 1867. The land surrounding the town was very broken and covered with small hickory trees, hence the name Hickory Hill. The village is now extinct. (J.C. Conrath; J.E. Garman; Cited in Campbell, p. 168)

Source:Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.