Welcome to Dickey ...

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.

Dickey would have been located within present day Pulaski County<2>.

The location of Dickey has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dickey, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dickey is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Dickey was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Dickey would have been located in the (501) area code.

Communities Also Named Dickey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Dickey - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota and Pennsylvania (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dickey.

Communities near Dickey ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dickey.

• Little Rock
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
  • Little Rock is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 197,866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Rock <5>
• North Little Rock
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Little Rock
  • North Little Rock is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,276 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Little Rock <5>
• Sherwood
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
  • Sherwood is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,653 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sherwood <5>
• Jacksonville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacksonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
  • Jacksonville is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,361 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jacksonville <5>
• Lonoke
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonoke
  • Lonoke is located in Lonoke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,162 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lonoke <5>
• Shannon Hills
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shannon Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
  • Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
• Alexander
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
  • Alexander is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,621 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexander <5>
• England
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for England have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for England
  • England is located in Lonoke County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,659 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for England <5>
• Wrightsville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrightsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
  • Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
• Redfield
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
  • Redfield is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redfield <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dickey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dickey.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dickey. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dickey.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dickey. See our Newspapers Page for Dickey.

Adding Dickey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dickey in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dickey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Dickey post office opened in 1885.

We also found Dickey in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dickey.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Pulaski County: www.co.pulaski.ar.us/

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/