Hickory is located in the foothills
of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in North
Carolina's Piedmont region.
Hickory had its start in the 1790s
as a tavern, and was incorporated
as a city in 1870. It is the hub
of the state's fourth-largest metropolitan
statistical area, the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir
metro area. Hickory, located in Catawba
County, is 57...
