Editing Hickman, Kentucky (section)

==History==
This area was long occupied by various cultures of indigenous peoples. European-American settlement of this area did not begin until decades after the [[American Revolutionary War]]. James Mills built the first cabin on the site in 1819. The community of Mills Point was large enough to receive a post office in 1830. Around 1834, G. Marr purchased much of the surrounding area and laid out more streets.<ref name=ren>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA138 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | access-date=28 April 2013 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=138–139| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref>

The community was renamed Hickman in 1837 after the maiden name of Marr's wife. The city was formally incorporated by the [[Kentucky Assembly|state assembly]] on February 18, 1841.<ref name=sos>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Hickman, Kentucky". Accessed 29 July 2013.</ref> In 1845, the city became the county seat.<ref name=ren/>

A railroad from Hickman to [[Union City, Tennessee]] was completed in 1860. Originally incorporated in 1853 as the Hickman & Obion Railroad, it was bought out in 1871 by the [[Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sulzer |first=Elmer |title=Ghost Railroads of Kentucky |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~kyfulton/Railroads/railroadtoc.html |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=sites.rootsweb.com |publisher=Indiana University Press |page=163}}</ref>

[[Lynching of the Walker family|David Walker, his wife, and their four children]] were lynched in Hickman in 1908 after Mr. Walker was accused of using inappropriate language with a white woman.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cotter|first=Holland|date=2018-06-01|title=A Memorial to the Lingering Horror of Lynching|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/arts/design/national-memorial-for-peace-and-justice-montgomery-alabama.html|access-date=2021-06-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>[[File:Kentucky - Frankfort through Hickman - NARA - 23940291 (cropped).jpg|thumb|View of Hickman, 1920|left|278x278px]]Two floods devastated Hickman, the first in 1912 and the second in 1913.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tn-roots.com/tnshelby/history/Floods.htm|title=Mid-South Views on Floods of 1912 and 1913}}</ref>  The flood of 1912 began when a levee located near Hickman broke. Within a few hours the water had risen to the roofs of houses. The flood of 1913 began when a levee near West Hickman broke on April 4. Baseball pitcher [[Rube Waddell]] was among the many who helped save the city during both floods. Waddell came down with [[pneumonia]] after each flood; he died of [[tuberculosis]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-17|title=Kentucky's Great Flood of 1912 and the Heroism of Baseball Legend Rube Waddell|url=https://unmaskedhistory.com/2019/10/17/kentuckys-great-flood-of-1912-and-the-heroism-of-baseball-legend-rube-waddell/|access-date=2021-04-03|website=Unmasked History Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>

[[August 2023 Mid-South U.S. floods|Another flood]] in August 2023 impacted Hickman, with mudslides impacting the downtown area and leading to road closures.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-04 |title=Flooding in western Kentucky and Tennessee shuts down roads and forces some evacuations |url=https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-tennessee-flood-c1b5d43abbd227d05f8c66c3fc329409 |access-date=2023-08-06 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>