Gwin Station west of McKenzie was on land owned by Edwin Gwin and was called "Gwin Switch" for a time. It was known for its vast bodies of timber used by three manufacturing plants. A hotel was built in 1890 with 30 rooms. Fuqua and King had a cotton gin by 1934. There was a nondenominational Sunday School for ten years on the farm of Mort Coleman. B.C. Jarrell bought the remaining timber and asked that the name be changed to "Jerrall's Switch."
Hico, a land between a high hill and low creek derived its name from geography. It was homesteaded 1814 by families from North Carolina using ox drawn wagons, some of whom had stopped in Kentucky for a while. A postoffice was established February 22, 1832 with William L. McNeill as postmaster. It was discontinued February 15, 1922. In 1917 a depot and ticket office was built. It closed 1927. It had an eighth grade school with an eleven member band under the direction of Frank Doran.
Hilliard community was named for the Hilliard family. Rightman Hilliard married Elizabeth Brown in Wake Co. NC in 1787. He and family were listed in the 1830 Carroll Co. Tn. census.

                                                         from notes submitted by Jere R Cox

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