Old Hickory, Tennessee

Old Hickory is named in honor of President Andrew Jackson, nicknamed "Old Hickory". Old Hickory started out in 1786 as a 3,000-acre land grant to a man named Sam Jones, and thus the nearby section of the Cumberland River was called Jones' Bend for much of the 19th century.{{Cite web |title=Historic Resources of Old Hickory (Partial Survey of Historic and Architectural Resources) |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64000817_text |website=nps.gov}} Pioneer John Donelson bought land on Jones' Bend in 1783, and Andrew Jackson bought 330 acres from John Donelson II, his brother-in-law, in February 1792, "the Cumberland River, just across the river from the home of old Mrs. Donelson" on the Gallatin Road at Two Mile Pike.{{Cite web |title=The Hermitage, home of Old Hickory, by Stanley F. Horn |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026798523&seq=29&q1=%22Poplar+Grove%22 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=HathiTrust |page=7 |language=en}} Other early settlers on Jones' Bend were Thomas Overton and Edward Bondurant. Jackson called his farm here either Poplar Grove (1794) or Poplar Flat (1795). A hand-dug well known as "Jackson's Well" was visible in Rayon City into the mid-20th-century although the location has since been lost.{{Cite web |title=Andrew Jackson Mystery Well |url=http://oldhickoryrecord.com/mysterywell.htm |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=oldhickoryrecord.com}} Jackson sold the land in 1797 to another brother-in-law, Alexander Donelson. Alexander had no children and left it to a nephew, the son of Severn Donelson, named Alexander Donelson Jr. A. Donelson Jr. sold it in 1837 to the Dismukes family, who held it until it became the "powder plant" property in the 1910s.

Old Hickory is probably best known for being a former company town as the site of a large DuPont plant. Many of the houses were built to house DuPont employees and supervisors in the early days of the factory's existence.[http://www.oldhickorychamber.org/about_old_hickory/history.html Old Hickory Area Chamber of Commerce—Old Hickory, Tennessee] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726142719/http://www.oldhickorychamber.org/about_old_hickory/history.html |date=July 26, 2010 }} Many historic homes are located in the area known as the Village of Old Hickory, containing a number that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The smaller bungalow houses were built by DuPont as residences for factory workers, with the larger homes being designated for management. Many of the formerly dilapidated houses are being renovated and gentrified.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

It is bordered by the Cumberland River on the north and west, Old Hickory Lake to the east, and the former city of Lakewood to the south. To the north of the area is also the location of Old Hickory Lock and Dam. The main street through the area is Tennessee State Route 45 (Old Hickory Boulevard/Robinson Road). Old Hickory has its own post office, assigned ZIP Code 37138. The postal service area that uses the "Old Hickory" mailing address includes portions of Wilson and Davidson counties.{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ThematicMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-tm_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_M00090&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-tm_config=%7cb=50%7cl=en%7ct=4001%7czf=0.0%7cms=thm_def%7cdw=0.3730589444176468%7cdh=0.22737007918145805%7cdt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent%7cif=gif%7ccx=-86.617845%7ccy=36.249353%7czl=5%7cpz=5%7cbo=314%7cbl=355%7cft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331%7cfl=403:381:204:380:369:379:368%7cg=86000US37138%7cds=DEC_2000_SF1_U%7csb=50%7ctud=false%7cdb=140%7cmn=718%7cmx=2907%7ccc=1%7ccm=1%7ccn=5%7ccb=%7cum=Persons/Sq%20Mile%7cpr=0%7cth=DEC_2000_SF1_U_M00090%7csf=N%7csg=&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=86000US37138&-_lang=en|title=Census Bureau map of 37138 5-Digit ZCTA|website=census.gov|access-date=2020-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118041027/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ThematicMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y|archive-date=2012-01-18|url-status=dead}}

The Old Hickory Post Office was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee on August 6, 1985.{{cite web |title=National Register Digital Assets - US Post Office--Old Hickory |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/68986a94-1a9c-4cf6-9c71-abc94529dc1c |website=npgallery |publisher=National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=9 December 2022}}

The mean annual temperature at Old Hickory Dam is {{convert|58.5|F|1}}. Monthly averages range from {{convert|37.1|F|1}} in January to {{convert|78.6|F|1}} in August, with a diurnal temperature variation of {{convert|19.8|to|26.3|F-change|C-change}}. Diurnal temperature variation is highest in April and lowest in January. Old Hickory's climate classifications are Köppen Cfa and Trewartha DOak thanks to its very hot summers (average over {{convert|71.6|F|1}}), mild winters (average over {{convert|32.0|F|1}}) and 4-7 month growing seasons (average over {{convert|50.0|F|1}}). Precipitation is abundant year-round without any major difference, but there is still slight variation. The wet season runs from February through July, reaching its zenith in April with 120 mm of rain. The dry season runs from August through January with an October/November nadir of 85 mm and secondary December peak of 113 mm. Data for record temperatures is spotty before June 2007, but temperatures in Old Hickory have been known to range from {{convert|-10|F|1}} in January 1966 to {{convert|106|F|1}} in June and July 2012.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

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|Jan record high F = 73

|Feb record high F = 79

|Mar record high F = 86

|Apr record high F = 91

|May record high F = 94

|Jun record high F = 106

|Jul record high F = 106

|Aug record high F = 105

|Sep record high F = 101

|Oct record high F = 96

|Nov record high F = 87

|Dec record high F = 76

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|Jan avg record high F = 67

|Feb avg record high F = 72

|Mar avg record high F = 79

|Apr avg record high F = 86

|May avg record high F = 91

|Jun avg record high F = 96

|Jul avg record high F = 97

|Aug avg record high F = 97

|Sep avg record high F = 95

|Oct avg record high F = 88

|Nov avg record high F = 77

|Dec avg record high F = 69

|year avg record high F = 99

|Jan high F = 47.0

|Feb high F = 51.4

|Mar high F = 60.5

|Apr high F = 71.3

|May high F = 78.9

|Jun high F = 86.1

|Jul high F = 89.9

|Aug high F = 90.2

|Sep high F = 83.4

|Oct high F = 72.1

|Nov high F = 60.1

|Dec high F = 50.2

|year high F = 70.1

|Jan mean F = 37.1

|Feb mean F = 40.7

|Mar mean F = 48.6

|Apr mean F = 58.2

|May mean F = 66.9

|Jun mean F = 75.1

|Jul mean F = 78.5

|Aug mean F = 78.6

|Sep mean F = 71.6

|Oct mean F = 59.7

|Nov mean F = 47.9

|Dec mean F = 39.5

|year mean F = 58.5

|Jan low F = 27.2

|Feb low F = 30.0

|Mar low F = 36.8

|Apr low F = 45.0

|May low F = 54.9

|Jun low F = 64.1

|Jul low F = 67.0

|Aug low F = 67.0

|Sep low F = 59.8

|Oct low F = 47.2

|Nov low F = 35.7

|Dec low F = 28.8

|year low F = 47.0

|Jan avg record low F = 10

|Feb avg record low F = 13

|Mar avg record low F = 21

|Apr avg record low F = 31

|May avg record low F = 40

|Jun avg record low F = 54

|Jul avg record low F = 59

|Aug avg record low F = 58

|Sep avg record low F = 48

|Oct avg record low F = 33

|Nov avg record low F = 22

|Dec avg record low F = 17

|year avg record low F = 9

|Jan record low F = -10

|Feb record low F = 0

|Mar record low F = 8

|Apr record low F = 21

|May record low F = 34

|Jun record low F = 47

|Jul record low F = 52

|Aug record low F = 54

|Sep record low F = 36

|Oct record low F = 26

|Nov record low F = 14

|Dec record low F = 6

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|Jan precipitation inch = 3.73

|Feb precipitation inch = 4.26

|Mar precipitation inch = 4.64

|Apr precipitation inch = 4.74

|May precipitation inch = 4.55

|Jun precipitation inch = 3.76

|Jul precipitation inch = 4.05

|Aug precipitation inch = 3.38

|Sep precipitation inch = 3.70

|Oct precipitation inch = 3.33

|Nov precipitation inch = 3.35

|Dec precipitation inch = 4.44

|year precipitation inch = 47.93

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| Jan snow inch = 0.6

| Feb snow inch = 0.3

| Mar snow inch = 0.2

| Apr snow inch = 0

| May snow inch = 0

| Jun snow inch = 0

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| Aug snow inch = 0

| Sep snow inch = 0

| Oct snow inch = 0

| Nov snow inch = 0

| Dec snow inch = 0.1

| year snow inch = 1.2

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Old Hickory is the site of a country club, large golf course, city park, a Chamber of Commerce, and the DuPont plant, which has been mostly shut down but continues to employ a few hundred workers. The Nashville National Weather Service Forecast Office is located just to the southeast in nearby Wilson County.{{cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/ohx/|title=NWS Forecast Office Nashville, TN|website=weather.gov|date=April 3, 2021|accessdate=April 3, 2021}}

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• Darren Jernigan (1969–), Tennessee Democratic politician
• Jack Kershaw (1913–2010), attorney and sculptor who represented James Earl RayMartin, Douglas. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/us/24kershaw.html "Jack Kershaw Is Dead at 96; Challenged Conviction in King's Death"], The New York Times, September 24, 2010. Accessed September 25, 2010.
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• Ken Shipp (1929–2012), American college and professional football coach
• Mike Turner (1955–), Tennessee Democratic politician
• Edgar S. Woolard, Jr. (1934–2023), former chairman and chief executive officer of DuPont

==See also==

• List of memorials to Andrew Jackson

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