Hickson, North Dakota

Coordinates: 46°40′10″N 96°48′37″W / 46.66944°N 96.81028°W

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Hickson, North Dakota
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°40′10″N 96°48′37″W / 46.66944°N 96.81028°W / 46.66944; -96.81028
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Cass
Elevation ^[1]	919 ft (280 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	701
GNIS feature ID	1029426^[1]

Hickson is an unincorporated community in Cass County, in the U.S. state of North Dakota.^[1]

History

Hickson was laid out in 1883 when the railroad was extended to that point.^[2] A post office called Hickson was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1975.^[3] The community was named for Ole Hicks, a pioneer settler.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hickson, North Dakota
^ Hoheisel, Tim; Nielsen, Andrew R. (2007). Cass County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7385-4145-7.
^ "Cass County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. WPA. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Cass County, North Dakota, United States
County seat: Fargo
Cities	Alice Amenia Argusville Arthur Ayr Briarwood Buffalo Casselton Davenport Enderlin‡ Fargo Frontier Gardner Grandin‡ Harwood Horace Hunter Kindred Leonard Mapleton North River Oxbow Page Prairie Rose Reile's Acres Tower City‡ West Fargo	Map of North Dakota highlighting Cass County
Townships	Addison Amenia Arthur Ayr Barnes Bell Berlin Buffalo Casselton Clifton Cornell Davenport Dows Durbin Eldred Empire Erie Everest Fargo Gardner Gill Gunkel Harmony Harwood Highland Hill Howes Hunter Kinyon Lake Leonard Maple River Mapleton Noble Normanna Page Pleasant Pontiac Raymond Reed Rich Rochester Rush River Stanley Tower Walburg Warren Watson Wheatland Wiser
CDPs	Brooktree Park Embden Erie Wheatland
Unincorporated communities	Absaraka Chaffee Durbin Hickson Lynchburg Prosper Wild Rice
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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