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Welcome to Dickey ...

Dickey is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dickey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Dickey is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dickey lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Dickey (for example, toward Abbeville (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Dickey: 229

Communities Also Named Dickey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Dickey: This one is located in Calhoun County and the other is located in Walker County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 12 communities that are also named Dickey - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, 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.

  • Douglass Crossroads
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Douglass Crossroads is located in Early County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2019: 33,992 people
  • Clarks Mill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarks Mill is located in Terrell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mill
    • Estimated population in 2019: 12,637 people
  • Douglasville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Douglasville is located in Early County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglasville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 11,695 people
  • Dawson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Herod
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Herod is located in Terrell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herod
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,384 people
  • Cuthbert
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Morgan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Edison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Arlington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Shellman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dickey ...

Looking for more information about Dickey? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dickey, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dickey.

Adding Dickey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dickey in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dickey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Dickey post office opened in 1889. The Dickey post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dickey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dickey - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/