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Welcome to Dickens ...Dickens is located in Allegany County<1>. The location of Dickens has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Dickens, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Dickens is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Dickens lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Dickens: (301) & (240)<4> Communities Also Named Dickens ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Dickens - they are located in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dickens. Communities near Dickens ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dickens.
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 Dickens. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dickens. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dickens. 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 Dickens. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dickens. See our Newspapers Page for Dickens. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dickens ...Looking for more information about Dickens? 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 Dickens, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dickens. Adding Dickens to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dickens 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 for Dickens was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Dickens on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Dickens. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dickens. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Allegany County: www.gov.allconet.org/ The official website for State of Maryland: www.maryland.gov/ Footnotes ...
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