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In 1786, this land was granted by the State of North Carolina to Daniel Williams, in payment for his service in the Revolutionary War. The first house in the area was the log cabin Williams built on the site of the present Lockeland School.
Old Hickory Lock and Dam was authorized for construction by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1946 as a unit of a comprehensive development plan for the Cumberland River Basin. The project was designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and built by private contractors under the Corp's supervision. Construction started in January 1952, and dam ...
Old Hickory Lake is a reservoir in north central Tennessee. It is formed by the Old Hickory Lock and Dam ( 36°17′48″N 86°39′20″W / 36.29667°N 86.65556°W / 36.29667; -86.65556 ( Old Hickory Lock and Dam ) ), located on the Cumberland River at mile 216.2 in Sumner and Davidson counties, approximately 25 miles (40 km ...
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Old Hickory is the site of a country club, large golf course, city park, a Chamber of Commerce, and the DuPont plant, which has been mostly shut down but continues to employ a few hundred workers. The Nashville National Weather Service Forecast Office is located just to the southeast in nearby Wilson County.
Old Hickory Lake, a man-made reservoir along the path of the Cumberland River in Middle Tennessee, named for Jackson Old Hickory Lake Arboretum, an environmental study area adjacent to Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee; Old Hickory Lock and Dam, the lock and dam which hold Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee
It was located across from the Historic Post Office which stands today. As the amount of mail grew the residents determined that a new post office was needed. The US Post Office-Old Hickory which stands today was built as part of the New Deal in 1934 by the Public Works Administration. The building now sits on a 5 acres (2.0 ha). [1]