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DICKENS, TEXAS
"Unofficial
Wild Boar Capital of Texas"
Dickens
County Seat, Texas Panhandle
33°37'17"N 100°50'6"W (33.621341, -100.834987)
At junction of Hwys 70 and 82
60 miles E of Lubbock
Population: 252 Est. (2016)
286 (2010) 332 (2000) 322 (1990)
Dickens Area Hotels › Lubbock
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Dickens County
Jail and Sheriffs Office
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, May 2002 |
Dickens County
was organized in 1891.
Highest population was in 1927 with 500 persons. |
Historical Marker:
Dickens Cemetery
The only cemetery
to serve the town of Dickens. This graveyard began in 1891, the same
year the town was founded. Mrs. C. F. Jones, wife of pioneer settler
and town barber C. F. Jones, died in 1891 and was buried by her husband
at the foot of a hill overlooking the Croton Breaks. The owner of
the property, M. S. Crow, at the suggestion of his attorney, W. C.
Ballard, donated five acres of land surrounding the grave site for
a community cemetery. W. C. Ballard, considered by many to be the
"Father of Dickens," died in 1913 and was buried here, as well.
Many early settlers, city and county officials are interred in this
graveyard. Also buried here are veterans of the Civil War, the Spanish-American
War, World War I,
World War II,
the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Through the years, the site of the Dickens Cemetery has increased
through additional land donations. A fence was erected in 1919, and
in 1948 local citizens formed a cemetery association to care for the
grounds and monuments. Now, encompassing more than eighteen acres,
the cemetery serves as a reflection of area history.
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Dickens, Texas
Landmark/Attractions:
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Dickens County
Museum:
609 Mongomery Street.
Open Wednesdays 9 to 3:30 with an hour off for lunch.
Dickens
County Spring Park › next page
72 acres of trails by the springs the park is named for. Open dawn
to dusk.
White River
Reservoir -
1800-acre lake accessible from Dickens, Post
and Spur.
Mackenzie
Trail by Clay Coppedge
"The best of what's left of the Mackenzie Trail today is probably
on private property. You're near it when you're at the intersection
of U.S. 277 and Texas 6 in Stamford,
where a monument tells you the trail ran a little north of there.
The trail also ran between Dickens and Spur,
so when you're on parts of U.S. Highway 82 from Dickens to Lubbock
you're probably following Mackenzie's path pretty closely."
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Lubbock
Hotels
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H.A.C. Brummett
Law Office plaque
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2009 |
Photographer's
Note:
Being the County Seat seems Dickens has more closed buildings than
active. - Barclay
Gibson, July 2009 |
Dickens
County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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