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Welcome to Dick ...

Dick is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Dick is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dick: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Dick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Dick - they are located in Colorado, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Dick ...

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

  • Bude
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bude is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bude
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bude <4>
  • Gloster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Liberty is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
  • Roxie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Crosby
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • O'Neil
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • O'Neil is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
  • Brookside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Brookside is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
  • Eddiceton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
  • Mount Olive
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Olive is located in Amite County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive

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 Dick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dick.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dick. 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 Dick.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dick ...

Looking for more information about Dick? 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 Dick, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dick.

Adding Dick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dick 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 (so far) for Dick was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dick post office opened in 1904. The Dick post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dick - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Dick area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Dick area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/