Back مقاطعة ديكينز (تكساس) Arabic Dickens County, Texas BAR Дзікенс (акруга) BE Дикенс (окръг, Тексас) Bulgarian ডিকেন্স কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস BPY Dickens Gông (Texas) CDO Dickens County CEB Dickens County Czech Dickens County, Texas CY Dickens County German
Dickens County | |
|---|---|
 The Dickens County Courthouse in Dickens | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Texas | |
 Texas's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 33°37′N 100°47′W / 33.62°N 100.78°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Texas |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Seat | Dickens |
| Largest city | Spur |
| Area | |
• Total | 905 sq mi (2,340 km2) |
| • Land | 902 sq mi (2,340 km2) |
| • Water | 3.5 sq mi (9 km2) 0.4% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,770 |
| • Density | 2.0/sq mi (0.76/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 13th |
| Website | www |
Dickens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,770.[1] Its county seat is Dickens.[2] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1891.[3] Both the county and its seat are named for J. Dickens, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.[4]
- ^ "Dickens County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on May 13, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 106.