Hickox Georgia Map

About Hickox, Georgia

Hickox is a locality in Brantley County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 234. The population density is 33.7 people per km². Hickox is located at 31.1505°N, 81.9965°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 31553.

Hickox emerges from the flat, pine-shadowed horizon as a quiet convergence of dirt roads and sprawling timber stands. It lies 21.6 miles east-southeast of Waycross, GA (from Waycross, GA: bearing 102°T), and is situated 18.1 miles southeast of Blackshear. Buffalo Creek carves a slow, dark path through the damp earth nearby, its sluggish current pulling at the roots of cypress trees that stand like sentinels in the mud. The light here at dusk possesses a thick, amber quality, catching the dust kicked up by passing trucks and turning the air into a shimmering, suspended haze. Beyond the immediate tree line, the terrain stretches out in a subtle, unforced flatness, broken only by the occasional rise of land that hints at the deeper, ancient geology of the region. Those seeking the wider expanse of the wild might look toward the distant canopy of Dixon Memorial State Forest, though the immediate vicinity remains defined by the persistent, rhythmic hum of insects and the heavy, sweet scent of needles warming under the sun.

Hickox maintains its character through the labor of the land, where the economy has long been tethered to the harvest of timber and the patient cultivation of small-scale agriculture. Life here moves according to the demands of the seasons rather than the ticking of a clock, a pace that feels as steady as the flow of water toward the drainage basins hidden in the brush. While the proximity to Brantley Co Rec Comp Nahunta offers a patch of maintained green for the local families, the true history of the area is written in the aging fences and the weathered barns that dot the landscape like remnants of a harder, more singular time. The influence of Happy Hollow remains a quiet, topographic anchor in the collective memory of those who have worked this soil for generations, grounding the identity of Hickox in the simple, enduring reality of the inland plains.

About This Hickox Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hickox, Georgia. Coordinates: 31.150503, -81.996504. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Hickox includes the ZIP code (31553), telephone area code (229), county seat of Brantley County (Nahunta), and school district assignment (Brantley County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.