Dickens County · 1936
Formed from Young and Bexar territories. Created August 21, 1876. Organized April 15, 1903. Dickens City, County Seat.
View on map ↗Dickens County, Texas
Historical Markers in Dickens, Texas
Dickens is home to 6 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
Dickens County Courthouse · 1962
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View on map ↗Pitchfork Ranch · 1983
Irish-born, Jerry Savage established an open range ranch at this site about 1879. In 1881, St. Louis businessman Eugene F. Williams and Texas cattleman Dan B. Gardner purchased the ranch and in 1883 joined forces with…
View on map ↗Dickens Cemetery · 1993
The only cemetery to serve the town of Dickens. This graveyard began in 1891, the same year the town was founded. Mrs. C. F. Jones, wife of pioneer settler and town barber C. F. Jones, died in 1891 and was buried by her…
View on map ↗Dickens Springs · 2000
At one time, water covered this area. Sandstone, the prominent rock around this site, is porous, causing exposed strata at canyon rims to form a natural drainage outlet for upland aquifers, making possible the existence…
View on map ↗Espuela · 2000
In 1870, J.H. Parrish built a dugout on the west bank of Duck Creek a half-mile southeast of this site. He farmed and established a small store serving travelers and, later, cattlemen and buffalo hunters. As the last of…
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