Hickson, North Dakota

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

↑ 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 24 October 2015.
↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. WPA. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.

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

Townships	Addison Amenia Arthur Ayr Barnes Bell Berlin Buffalo Casselton Chaffee 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 Erie Junction Everest Fife Hickson Lynchburg Magnolia Mason Myra Newman Nolan Norman Pinkham Prosper Saint Benedict Vance Walden Warren Wild Rice Woods

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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

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