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Dickens, Missouri

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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

A 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

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dickens
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 62, ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Taney County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

36°43′39″N93°02′51″W / 36.72750°N 93.04750°W / 36.72750; -93.04750


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