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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Hickman county was the 71st erected
in the state - in 1821, out of parts of Caldwell and Livingston
- and named in honor of Capt. Paschal Hickman. It is situated in
the extreme SW part, on the Mississippi river; is bounded N by Ballard
county, E by Graves, S by Fulton, and W by the Mississippi river; embraces
226 square miles; is generally level, or gently undulating; soil a black
mold, very rich but based upon sand; corn and tobacco the principal products;
timber heavy, and of good quality. The county is finely watered by many
mill streams, including Little Obion and Bayou du Chien and their tributaries. |
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