Hico, TX

Hico is a small town located in Hamilton County in Central Texas. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²), all of it land. Hico was named by its founder for his unincorporated hometown in Calloway County in southwestern Kentucky near Murray, just north of the Tennessee state boundary. The original site was on Honey Creek, but when the Texas Central line part of the historic Katy Railroad was built nearby, the citizens moved two-and-a half miles to the rail line. Hico was incorporated in 1883 and became the Hamilton County shipping center.