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Welcome to Dickinson ...The city of Dickinson is located on the Gulf Coast. Dickinson is located in Galveston County<1>. The location of Dickinson has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Dickinson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Dickinson has a population of 21,059 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Dickinson is near sea level<4>. Time Zone: Dickinson lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Dickinson: (281)<5>, (713) and (832) The ZIP code for Dickinson: 77539<6> Websites for Dickinson ...Official Website: www.ci.dickinson.tx.us/ Junior League: www.jlgalveston.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Dickinson had an population of 21,059 people. This is an increase of 12.74% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 23.2% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Dickinson had a population of 18,680 people (or 6.41% of the total population of Galveston County). This makes Dickinson the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Dickinson represents 0.07% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 129th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 18,680 people, the population of Dickinson increased 9.28% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 17,093 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Dickinson. Communities Also Named Dickinson ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Dickinson - they are located in Alabama, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dickinson. Communities near Dickinson ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dickinson.
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 Dickinson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dickinson. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dickinson. 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 Dickinson. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dickinson. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Dickinson. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dickinson ...Looking for more information about Dickinson? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Dickinson, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Dickinson. Adding Dickinson to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dickinson 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 Dickinson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Dickinson in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Dickinson. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Dickinson: www.ci.dickinson.tx.us/ The official website for Galveston County: www.co.galveston.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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