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Welcome to Dickens ...

Dickens is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Dickens is located in Taney County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dickens, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Dickens is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dickens lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Dickens: 417

Communities Also Named Dickens ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Dickens - they are located in Iowa, Maryland, 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.

  • Branson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hollister
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hollister is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,607 people
  • Forsyth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sparta
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Sparta is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <3>
  • Merriam Woods
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Merriam Woods is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merriam Woods
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
  • Highlandville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Reeds Spring
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Rockaway Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Bull Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bull Creek is located in Taney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Creek
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
  • Indian Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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 (so far) for Dickens was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Dickens post office opened in 1899. The Dickens post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dickens.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Taney, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dickens - 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/