Dickens is an

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in north central Taney County, in the U.S. state of

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. The community is located on Missouri Route 76, approximately one mile southwest of Taneyville and 4.5 miles northeast of

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History

A variant name was "Taney City". 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. The present name possibly is a tribute to novelist

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

References

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