Dickens County, Texas

Dickens County
Dickens County
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.co.dickens.tx.us

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.