Old Hickory, Tennessee is a section of metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, named in honor of President Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...

 who was nicknamed "Old Hickory."

This area is located in the Hadley Bend section of eastern Davidson County, Tennessee

Davidson County, Tennessee

Davidson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 626,681. Its county seat is Nashville.In 1963, the City of Nashville and the Davidson County government merged, so the county government is now known as the "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and...

. The area is probably best known for being a former company town

Company town

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 as the site of a large DuPont

DuPont

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...

 plant. Many of the houses in Old Hickory were built to house Dupont employees and supervisors in the early days of the factory's existence.

Old Hickory is bordered by the Cumberland River

Cumberland River

The Cumberland River is a waterway in the Southern United States. It is long. It starts in Harlan County in far southeastern Kentucky between Pine and Cumberland mountains, flows through southern Kentucky, crosses into northern Tennessee, and then curves back up into western Kentucky before...

 on the north and west, Old Hickory Lake

Old Hickory Lake

Old Hickory Lake is a reservoir in north central Tennessee. It is formed by the Old Hickory Lock and Dam , located on the Cumberland River at mile 216.2 in Sumner and Davidson Counties, approximately upstream from Nashville...

 to the east, and the city of Lakewood, Tennessee

Lakewood, Tennessee

Lakewood is a community in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,302 at the 2010 census.- History :Originally incorporated as Dupontonia in 1959 , the city changed its name to Lakewood and reincorporated in 1961...

 to the south. To the north of the area is also the location of Old Hickory Lock and Dam

Old Hickory Lock and Dam

Old Hickory Lock and Dam is a dam located in middle Tennessee on the Cumberland River at mile 216.2 in Sumner and Davidson Counties, approximately upstream from Nashville. The reservoir behind the dam is Old Hickory Lake...

. The main street through the area is Old Hickory Boulevard (Tennessee State Route 45

Tennessee State Route 45

State Route 45 is a west–east route in Davidson County, Tennessee. It connects US-431 in northwest Nashville with I-40 east of the city.- Route description :...

).

The area today is the site of a country club, a large golf course, a city park, a Chamber of Commerce

Chamber of commerce

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, and the Dupont plant, which continues to employ several hundred employees. It is also the home of the Nashville National Weather Service

National Weather Service

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 Forecast Office.

Old Hickory has its own post office, assigned ZIP Code

ZIP Code

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 37138. The postal service area that uses the "Old Hickory" mailing address includes portions of both Wilson and Davidson Counties.

Many historic homes are located in the area known as the Village of Old Hickory, containing a number that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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. The smaller bungalow houses were built by DuPont as residences for factory workers, with the larger homes being designated for management. The area is currently undergoing something of a renaissance, as many of the formerly dilapidated houses are being bought, repaired and modernized.

Notable residents

Notable residents of Old Hickory include:

• Jack Kershaw
  Jack Kershaw
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   (1913-2010), attorney and sculptor who represented James Earl Ray
  James Earl Ray
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