Hickory Valley is a town in Hardeman County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 99 at the 2010 census. Hickory Valley’s parentage dates put stirring to to the blending of three independent pioneer settlements in the Place that were founded by three men: William Shinault in 1820, Drury Wood in 1826 and William Barnett in 1827.

Hickory Valley’s origin dates incite to the blending of three independent investor settlements in the area that were founded by three men: William Shinault in 1820, Drury Wood in 1826 and William Barnett in 1827. The Shinault Settlement formed past Hardeman County was organized and featured the first intellectual in Hardeman County, which operated as early as 1823. The main buildings of the concurrence were located one mile southwest of the present town and a former Indian trail and the historical Boliver-LaGrange Road are nevertheless visible in some places south of Hickory Valley. In 1826 Drury Wood migrated to the Place and founded the Hickory Valley settlement; a cemetery for the Wood family is nevertheless located in the area and marks the native site of the settlement. William Barnett would disturb into the Place in 1827 and would state Mt. Comfort Church and a campground virtually two miles west of the gift town. The Chickasaw then resided in the area.

The construction of the railroad into the Place in the 1850s brought a deposit in population. A railroad levee that runs through the town is still visible, and is believed to have been built by slaves from a plantation owned by Darius Robinson. Railroad engineer Casey Jones was a frequenter of the town during his travels.

Hickory Valley was very affected by the Civil War. The railroad fell under the direct of the Union Army after being without help by the Confederate Army. Skirmishes were fought in the Place as well. In 1873 the city was laid out again and the city began to revive until the ocher fever epidemic of 1878. The town’s population was described by the Bolivar Bulletin as “fleeing from the scourge”. The town was then quarantined in 1882 due to a smallpox outbreak.