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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dickens County, Texas.
The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1891. Both the county and its seat are named for J. Dickens, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.
The Pitchfork Ranch is in Dickens and adjacent King County. It was managed from 1965 to 1986 by Jim Humphreys, who was also affiliated with the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock. The Matador Ranch, based in Motley County, once reached into Dickens County.
Adjacent Counties
- Crosby County
- Motley County
- King County
- Kent County
- Garza County
- Floyd County
- Cottle County
- Stonewall County
Cities & Communities
- Afton
- Dickens (County Seat)
- McAdoo
- Spur
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