HICKORY COUNTY, situated toward the southwesterly part of Missouri. Area, -------- square miles. Seat of justice, Hermitage. Pop. in 1850, 2,329. (Fanning's, 1853)
HICKORY, a new county in the S. W. central part of Missouri, has an area of 410 square miles. It is intersected by the Pomme de Terre river, an affluent of the Osage, flowing from S. to N., and also drained by Little Niangua river and Lindley's and Warblow creeks. The surface is uneven. Indian corn, wheat, oats, and hay are the staples. In 1850, this county produced 79,212 bushels of corn; 4278 of wheat; 28,212 of oats, and 542 tons of hay. There were 186 pupils attending public schools. The banks of Pomme de Terre river are well timbered with hard wood. Capital, Hermitage. Population, 2329, of whom 2144 were free, and 185, slaves. (Baldwin & Thomas, A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States ... 1854)