Dickens is an unincorporated community in north central Taney County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located on Missouri Route 76, approximately one mile southwest of Taneyville and 4.5 miles northeast of Forsyth.[2]
History
editA variant name was "Taney City".[1] A post office called Taney City was established in 1858, and closed in 1894, and a post office called Dickens was in operation from 1899 until 1958.[3] The present name possibly is a tribute to novelist Charles Dickens.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dickens
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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