Official Name: | Hickory Corners, Michigan |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Michigan |
Pushpin Label: | Hickory Corners |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Michigan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Barry |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Barry |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 5.38 |
Area Land Km2: | 5.36 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.08 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.07 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 313 |
Population Density Km2: | 58.37 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 151.21 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 947 |
Coordinates: | 42.4414°N -85.3758°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 49060 |
Area Code: | 269 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 26-37960 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0628188 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Hickory Corners is a census-designated place (CDP) in Barry Township in Barry County, Michigan, United States. The population was 313 at the 2020 census.
The first settler, the Rev. Moses Lawrence, built his home in 1834 on the shore of Lawrence Lake about a half mile east of the present town. In 1837, surveyors found a large hickory tree in the center of section 28, from which the settlement took its name. Solomon C. Hall built the first house in the town and became the first postmaster in July 1844.[2]
Hickory Corners is located in southwestern Barry County at the intersection of Kellogg School Road and West Hickory Road. It is north of the southern boundary of Barry County with Kalamazoo County and east of state highway M-43.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Hickory Corners CDP has a total area of 5.4sqkm, of which 0.01sqkm, or 0.28%, is water.[3]
The Gilmore Car Museum, a collection of classic automobiles, is located at the intersection of M-43 and West Hickory Road, with a Hickory Corners mailing address. The museum includes the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame.
The Kellogg Biological Station, an off-campus education complex of Michigan State University, has a Hickory Corners mailing address and is located 3miles southwest of the center of town, on the northeast shore of Gull Lake.
On the CBS TV series The Neighborhood, the character Gemma is from Hickory Corners. Her husband, Dave, is from East Kalamazoo.