Place:Hickman, Kentucky, United States

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NameHickman
Alt namesHickmansource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates36.667°N 88.983°W
Located inKentucky, United States     (1821 - )
See alsoBallard, Kentucky, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Caldwell, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Fulton, Kentucky, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Livingston, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Beelerton
Beulah
Clinton
Columbus
Cunningham
Fulgham
Hailwell
New Cypress
Nichols
Oakton
Old Cypress
South Columbus
Spring Hill
Whaynes Corner
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Hickman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1822. The elevation in the county ranges from to above sea level. As of 2010, the population was 4,902. Its county seat is Clinton. It is the least densely populated county in the state and is a prohibition or dry county.

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History

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Hickman County was the seventy-first in order of formation. It was named for Captain Paschal Hickman of the 1st Rifle Regiment, Kentucky Militia. A resident of Franklin County, Kentucky, Hickman was wounded and captured at the Battle of Frenchtown in January 1813 and was killed by Indians in the Massacre of the River Raisin. Columbus, in the northwest of the county on the Mississippi River, was the original county seat. A log structure built in 1823 served as the courthouse. In 1830, the county seat was moved to the more centrally located Clinton. Early in the American Civil War, the Confederate Army established Fort de Russey on the strategically located bluffs across the river from Belmont, Missouri. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant attacked Belmont in November 1861 his first battle of the war, but was defeated by Confederate troops from Columbus. The site of the Battle of Belmont is now a state park.

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Date Event Source
1821 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1852 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1830 5,198
1840 8,968
1850 4,791
1860 7,008
1870 8,453
1880 10,651
1890 11,637
1900 11,745
1910 11,750
1920 10,244
1930 8,725
1940 9,142
1950 7,778
1960 6,747
1970 6,264
1980 6,065
1990 5,566
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