Dickens County, Texas Records
Dickens County, Texas (Map It) was created on August 21, 1876 from the Young Territory . This county was named for J.A. Dickens, who died at the Battle of the Alamo .
Dickens County is bordered by Motley County (north), King County (east), Kent County (south), Crosby County (west).
Dickens County Cities and Towns include Dickens, Spur..
A Map of Dickens County, Texas contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.
Dickens County, Texas Courthouse Records
Dickens County, TX Courthouse
The Dickens County Courthouse is located in Dickens, Texas. Learn More About State of Texas Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.
The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.
The following dates indicate what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Dickens county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.
Some early records  prior to organization on February 9, 1891 may be located in Young County, Baylor County and Crosby County
- Dickens County Clerk has Birth & Death Records from 1903, Marriage Records from 1891, Land Records from 1891, Probate Records from 1891 and Court Records from 1891. The County Clerk's office is the place where all transactions having to do with land are recorded and kept on file. They take marriage license applications, issues marriage licenses, files the license after the marriage, and maintains a permanent record of the marriage, surveys and plats of subdivisions, Armed Forces discharge papers for all veterans who reside in the county. Some naturalization records have been found with the deeds.
- Dickens County Tax Assessor-Collector Office is responsible for the the assessment of taxes on each property in the county and collection of that tax
Dickens County, Texas Census Records
- Learn More: State of Texas Census Records
- U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
- Texas Census Substitute Records: 1820-1890
- U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1880
- Union Veterans Schedules: 1890
Dickens County, Texas Vital Records
- Learn More: State of Texas Vital Records
- Birth and Death Records: from 1903Â to present.
- Marriage Records: available from the County Clerk
- Divorce Records: available from the Clerk of District Court
- Locations:Â Texas Department of State Health Services
- Vital Records Online:Â USAVital or Social Security Death Index
- Vital Records by Mail:Â Birth and Death Certificate Applications.
- In Person:Â Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756; (888) 963-7111 or (512) 458-7111
Dickens County, Texas Resources
- Dickens County Historical Commision
- Dickens Co. Records Available on Microfilm
- Dickens County, Texas Message Boards
Dickens County, Texas External Links
- Texas Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
- Historical Newspapers from Texas (1813 - 1993)
- Dickens County, Texas Books - Amazon
- Marriages of Dickens County
- Death Records of Dickens County
- Death Records 1902-1917, Dickens County, Texas
- Death Records Book 1910-1915, Dickens County, Texas
- Death Records 1917-1920, Dickens County, Texas
- Death Records in Dickens County Archives
- Dickens Co., Texas - FindaGrave
- Texas, Gonzalez de la Garza Genealogy Collection
- A History Of Dickens County: Ranches and Rolling Plains
- Dickens County History Book by the Dickens County Historical Commission
- Dickens County Bibliographies - Reference Material on Dickens County, Submitted by Robbie Giles
- Dickens Co., Texas Almanac
- Texas county histories : a bibliography
- Dickens County History
- Dickens County, Texas Links - Cyndi's List
- Dickens Co. Texas Genealogy
- Dickens County, Texas Ancestry Database Collections
- Texas General Land Office Map Collection
- Veterans of Dickens County
- Dickens County, Texas Military Records