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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Dickey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dickey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dickey, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Dickey (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Dickey. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Dickey is historic, it would have been located within present day Pulaski County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pulaski County: Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Perry & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Dickey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dickey:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Dickey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickey, with the one closest to Dickey listed first.
- Wrightsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
- Scott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woodson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodson is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodson
- Hensley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willowdale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Willowdale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- College Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Bingham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bingham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
- Landmark
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Landmark is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landmark
- Landmark has also been known as:
- Parkers - Iron Springs
- Rose City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rose City is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- Little Rock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wakefield Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wakefield Village is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield Village
- Windamere
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Windamere is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windamere
- Arkansas County
- Humphrey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickey, with the one closest to Dickey listed first.
- Otto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Otto is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Mayflower
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickey, with the one closest to Dickey listed first.
- Ico ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ico is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ico
- Center Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Center Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
- Ebb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ebb is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Sheridan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Slabtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slabtown is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Tull
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Cherry Grove ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
- Turin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Turin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickey, with the one closest to Dickey listed first.
- Plum Bayou ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Bayou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bayou
- Redfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wright
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wright is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Tucker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Jefferson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Pastoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pastoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastoria
- Sherrill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- White Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Altheimer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rob Roy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rob Roy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rob Roy
- Wabbaseka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wabbaseka is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabbaseka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Pine Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Lonoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickey, with the one closest to Dickey listed first.
- Keo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cobbs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cobbs is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- England
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Coy is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Bayou Meto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Seaton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Seaton is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Lonoke
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Allport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Allport is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Sisemore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
- Humnoke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McCreanor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
- Parkers Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Parkers Corner is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers Corner
- Parnell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Parnell is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- Prairie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickey, with the one closest to Dickey listed first.
- Screeton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Screeton is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screeton
- Fairmount
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fairmount is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Cuneo ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cuneo is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dickey, with the one closest to Dickey listed first.
- East End
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East End is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- Shannon Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
- Bryant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Bauxite
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bauxite is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Salem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Salem is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Shaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Avilla
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Avilla is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Congo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Haskell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kentucky
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dickey, see our County-by-County Page for Dickey.
Cemeteries Near Dickey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dickey.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Dickey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dickey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dickey, with the one closest to Dickey listed first.
- Alexander Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Nelson Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dickey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hudgens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Moriah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kuykendall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- All Souls Rest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Freeman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Le Grande Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (249 more) ...
- Campbell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Campbells Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harris Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Dickey itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dickey, with the one closest to Dickey listed first.
- Wampoo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wampoo is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wampoo
- Toltec
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Toltec is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Wrightsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
- Keo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cobbs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cobbs is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Willowdale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Willowdale is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Red Bluff ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Red Bluff is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Sweet Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Fourche ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fourche is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche
- Plum Bayou ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plum Bayou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bayou
- England
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Orion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orion is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
- Redfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Niemeyer ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Niemeyer is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niemeyer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dickey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dickey.
Newspapers Published in Dickey ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 241 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dickey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dickey, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dickey.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Dickey:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Arkansas County
- Faulkner County
- Grant County
- Jefferson County
- Lonoke County
- Prairie County
- Saline County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dickey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dickey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |