Texas · Census place 4833476

Hickory Creek, Texas

Hickory Creek is a town in Denton County, Texas with an estimated 6,901 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 318th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,901
#318 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+44.7%
+2,132 people
Land area
4.9 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
1,408 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Hickory Creek. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Hickory Creek population, 2020 to 2024

Hickory Creek added 2,132 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +44.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,176. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Hickory Creek is 45% of it.

4,76920205,26920215,42220225,72520236,9012024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,722. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hickory Creek covers 4.90 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,408 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Hickory Creek is close to the typical town.

What county Hickory Creek is in

All of Hickory Creek's residents live in Denton County, which had 1,045,120 residents in 2024. Hickory Creek holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hickory Creek

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hickory Creek by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 75065. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hickory Creek is

The Census internal point of Hickory Creek is at 33.110900, -97.034700. Austin, the capital, is 200.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lake Dallas, TX (7,915 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lewisville, TX, 5.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.110900, -97.034700
DMS
33°06'39.24"N 97°02'4.92"W
UTM
14N 683374.7E 3665299.8N
Geohash
9vfurgtkz
Plus code
86544X68+94

Daylight in Hickory Creek

At 33.11° N, Hickory Creek gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hickory Creek

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Dallas, 1.4 miles away, with 7,915 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hickory Creek, TX?

6,901 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,132 (44.7%) from 4,769 in July 2020.

What county is Hickory Creek in?

Denton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hickory Creek?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75065.

How far is Hickory Creek from Austin?

200.3 miles (322.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Hickory Creek.

What is the nearest larger city to Hickory Creek?

Lake Dallas, TX, with 7,915 residents, 1.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.