Old Hickory Real Estate Market Update: Old Hickory is named in honor of President Andrew Jackson who was nicknamed "Old Hickory." This area is located in the Hadley Bend section of eastern Davidson County and is best known for being a former company town for DuPont. Most of the town was built in 1918 to house Dupont employees and most of the streetscapes are beautifully preserved as they were in 1918 making Old Hickory a unique historical and architectural resource of Tennessee.

Old Hickory is bordered by the Cumberland River on the north and west, Old Hickory Lake to the east, and the city of Lakewood, Tennessee to the south. To the north of the area is also the location of Old Hickory Lock and Dam. The main street through the area is Old Hickory Boulevard (State Route 45). Today, Old Hickory includes a country club, a large golf course, a city park, a Chamber of Commerce, and the Dupont plant, which continues to employ several hundred employees. It is also the home of the Nashville National Weather Service Forecast Office.