What County Is Hickory, North Carolina In?
Hickory is in Burke County, Caldwell County, and Catawba County. Check a specific address near a county line.
- Official code
- 3731060
- Representative coordinates
- 35.737492, -81.322870
- Land area
- 86.001 km²
- Water area
- 0.28 km²
- State
- North Carolina
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County boundaries in Hickory
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Coordinates of Hickory
35.737492, -81.322870 is the Census representative point, not a street address. Convert these coordinates or prepare a map link.
Elevation in Hickory
352 m · 1,155 ft. GNIS archived height at its named reference point (35.7410522, -81.3223547), which may differ from the Census point. Terrain height varies across the place; this is not a city-wide or surveyed elevation. Request height at a different point.
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Time zones in Hickory
The representative point uses America/New_York.
| Time zone | Local time and UTC offset | Next clock change |
|---|---|---|
| America/New_York | UTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock. | Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes. |
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