Hickory, OK

Hickory is a town in Murray County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 86 residents. The locale is old enough to appear on a 1911 Rand McNally map of the county. Hickory was the birthplace and childhood home of Zack Mosley, the creator of the comic strip The Adventures of Smilin' Jack, an adventurous aviator, inspired by Mosley witnessing an early plane crash in Hickory. Hickory is divided between Roff Public Schools and Sulphur Public Schools. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Hickory, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Hickory, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Hickory is about 9 miles by road northeast of Sulphur, the county seat.