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Hickory, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hickory, city (2020 pop. 43,490), Burke and Catawba counties, W N.C., at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mts.; inc. 1870. It is a processing…

hickory, in botany

(Encyclopedia) hickory, any plant of the genus Carya of the family Juglandaceae (walnut family); deciduous nut-bearing trees native to E North America and south to Central America except for a few…

pecan

(Encyclopedia) pecan: see hickory.

Brewer's: Hickory

Old Hickory. General Andrew Jackson. Parton says he was first called “Tough,” from his pedestrian powers; then “Tough as hickory;” and lastly, “Old Hickory.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase…

Wateree

(Encyclopedia) WatereeWatereewôtərēˈ [key], river, c.395 mi (635 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge, W N.C., as the Catawba River and flowing E past Hickory and then S past Charlotte into central N S…

Gallatin, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Gallatin, city (2020 pop. 44,431), seat of Sumner co., N central Tenn., near Nashville; inc. 1815. It is a livestock and agricultural…

ham, food

(Encyclopedia) ham, hind leg of a hog above the hock joint, prepared for food by curing or smoking. Ham is one of the earliest of preserved meats; it is now a leading product of the meatpacking…

Hickory, NC Census Data

People QuickFactsHickoryNorth CarolinaPopulation, 2003 estimate 39,4768,407,248Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 6.0%4.5%Population, 2000 37,2228,049,313Population,…