Editing Hickory Valley, Tennessee (section)

==Arts and culture==

Hickory Valley's architecture dates back to the [[Antebellum architecture|Antebellum]] period. The town maintains a historic working cotton gin and a small business district, which is a memory of the former railroad town. Hickory Valley has the only remaining sassafras mill in the United States, which sits in front of City Hall. The mill was built and owned by locals in the 1920s and the oil it produced was distributed throughout the country.<ref name="HV"/> Hickory Valley is home to the [[James Monroe Avent House]] which was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2001.