Hickory, North Carolina

E27483
city municipality

Hickory, North Carolina is a mid-sized city in the western Piedmont region known historically for its furniture manufacturing and diversified manufacturing economy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Hickory, North Carolina, United States 2
Hickory 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Catawba County ⓘ
economicSector education ⓘ
fiber optics ⓘ
furniture manufacturing ⓘ
healthcare ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
elevation approximately 1184 feet ⓘ
approximately 361 meters ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAirport Hickory Regional Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction Catawba Science Center ⓘ
Hickory Motor Speedway ⓘ
Hickory Museum of Art ⓘ
hasInstitution Lenoir–Rhyne University ⓘ
hasRiver Catawba River ⓘ
surface form: Catawba River (nearby)
hasSportsTeam Hickory Crawdads ⓘ
isPartOf Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ
knownFor fiber-optic cable production ⓘ
furniture manufacturing ⓘ
manufacturing economy ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
locatedIn United States South ⓘ
western North Carolina ⓘ
majorHighway Interstate 40 ⓘ
U.S. Route 321 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
metropolitanArea Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area ⓘ
surface form: Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC MSA
namedAfter hickory tree ⓘ
nickname Furniture Capital of the World ⓘ
partOf Catawba County ⓘ
surface form: Catawba County, North Carolina

Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
region Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Western Piedmont
sportsLeague South Atlantic League ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
UTCOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ
UTCOffsetDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appalachian State University Hickory campus → city → Hickory, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hickory
Piedmont region of North Carolina → hasMajorCity → Hickory, North Carolina ⓘ
Lenoir, North Carolina → locatedNear → Hickory, North Carolina ⓘ
Newton, North Carolina → nearCity → Hickory, North Carolina ⓘ
Chris Hughes → placeOfBirth → Hickory, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hickory, North Carolina, United States
Madison Bumgarner → placeOfBirth → Hickory, North Carolina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hickory, North Carolina, United States
Diocese of Western North Carolina → territoryIncludes → Hickory, North Carolina ⓘ