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  Dickinson County, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dickinson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa.
The county was organized in 1857 and is named in honor of Daniel S. Dickinson, a U.S. Senator for New York.
In the county the population was spread out with 21.90% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 23.90% from 25 to 44, 26.90% from 45 to 64, and 20.60% who were 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dickinson_County,_Iowa   (394 words)

  
 Dickinson County, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dickinson County (standard abbreviation: DK) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.
In the county the population was spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 6.30% from 18 to 24, 26.30% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 18.60% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county was $35,975, and the median income for a family was $43,952.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dickinson_County,_Kansas   (451 words)

  
 Dickinson County, Part 1
DICKINSON County is the third tier of counties from the north line of the State, and in the sixth tier from the east line or about one hundred and thirty miles west of the Missouri river.
It is bounded on the north by Clay County, on the south by Marion County, on the east by Davis and Morris counties, and on the west by Saline and Ottawa counties.
With the exception of the northwest and southwest portions of the county, which are somewhat broken and bluffy, the face of the county is one vast expanse of beautiful prairie.
www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/dickinson/dickinson-co-p1.html   (2693 words)

  
 Dickinson County, Michigan Encyclopedia @ FredericksburgArtists.com (Fredericksburg Artists)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dickinson is Michigan's newest county, formed in 1891 from parts of Marquette, Menominee, and Iron counties.
As of the census² of 2000, there were 27,472 people, 11,386 households, and 7,583 families residing in the county.
The county board of commissioners controls the budget but has only limited authority to make laws or ordinances.
fredericksburgartists.com /encyclopedia/Dickinson_County,_Michigan   (483 words)

  
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Loudoun County was primarily a farming town and it was known that for many they were going to grow up and take over their father’s farm and then pass the farm down to the next generation.
The people of Loudoun County for the most part were completely content with farming and working on their farm for the rest of their lives and not really leaving Loudoun County especially for extended periods of times.
Loudoun County was also a Confederate area and that is why it was so important for these twelve students to go to Dickinson and learn ideas and ideals from the student body and faculty of discussions over people from different areas around the country.
www.dickinson.edu /~louchheb/hist204.doc   (2734 words)

  
 Dickinson_County,_Michigan - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dickinson County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan.
It was named for Don M. Dickinson, U.S. Postmaster General under President Grover Cleveland.
The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, keeps files of deeds and mortgages, maintains vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of welfare and other social services.
www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Dickinson_County,_Michigan   (488 words)

  
 Dickinson County Sheriff's
Dickinson County is located on the Wisconsin-Michigan border in the central portion of the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) of Michigan, with the City of Iron Mountain being the County Seat.
Dickinson County is the youngest of the 83 Michigan Counties.
The Dickinson County Sheriff's Office is very unique in that it handles the Dispatching and telephones for several other area departments including some in the State of Wisconsin.
www.ironmt.com /gov/sheriff   (1058 words)

  
 Dickinson County E-911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This ordinance mandates the use of a uniform rural address system for the residents of Dickinson County in order to promote the convenience, safety and general welfare of those residents.
Notification of affected post offices, emergency providers, dispatchers, county offices and all providers and offices located in adjacent counties affected by the implementation of the system of the effective date of the system and the address assignments.
The administrator and engineer shall make periodic inspections of the rural areas of the county to insure that the provisions of this ordinance are being complied with.
www.dickinsoncountysheriff.com /oem-911/E911/addressing/ordinance.htm   (1102 words)

  
 EPA Brownfields Grants, Dickinson County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, MI
Dickinson County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, MI EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic development to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields.
Dickinson is a rural county in the south-central region of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Approximately 9.1 percent of the county's 27,472 residents live in poverty, with an average per capita income of $18,516.
www.epa.gov /docs/swerosps/bf/04grants/dickinsonco.htm   (380 words)

  
 Dickinson County, Part 4
The first marriage in the county was that of David Beigart to Miss J. Staatz, in 1859, so that the Staatz family had the first birth, the first death, and furnished one of the contracting parties to the first marriage that took place in the county.
The first hotel built in the county was the Drovers' Cottage by Joseph G. McCoy, in 1866, at Abilene, of which the first landlord was Col. Gore, who bought the house in 1868, and who continues to run the house still, under the name of the Cottage.
The largest manufacturing establishment in the county, aside from the flouring mills, is the soap factory in the suburbs of Abilene.
www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/dickinson/dickinson-co-p4.html   (2296 words)

  
 Dickinson County Leadership
Leadership Dickinson County was selected to be part of the Kansas Community Leadership Initiative.
County residents became aware of the need to develop leaders to provide for the county's future success.
The County Commissioners attended the county government session and appeared on a panel.
www.oznet.ksu.edu /prev/1999/99YFCD/Dkmwldrshp.htm   (350 words)

  
 Dickinson County, Iowa
DICKINSON COUNTY lies along the Minnesota line in the third tier east of the western boundary of the State.
It is one of the smallest of counties containing but four hundred five square miles, was originally a part of Fayette but in 1851 was created with its present boundaries and first attached to Polk.
The beauty of the lakes and groves of Dickinson County annually attracts thousands of tourists from a distance during the summer.
www.past2present.org /own/counties/Dickinson.htm   (510 words)

  
 Abilene, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abilene is a city in Dickinson County, Kansas, United States, 163 miles (262 km) west of Kansas City.
It is the county seat of Dickinson County
Heritage Center of Dickinson County - Two museums including the Historical Museum and the Museum of Independent Telephony.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abilene,_Kansas   (1214 words)

  
 The Galveston County Daily News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
DICKINSON — Two men were in jail Tuesday accused of breaking into a family’s motel room and holding two toddlers at gunpoint while robbing their father.
DICKINSON — Police said a woman who ran over her husband was likely acting in self-defense and that her estranged husband could face criminal charges.
DICKINSON — Frustrations are mounting in Dickinson, where residents for months have been subsidizing emergency medical services for their unincorporated neighbors.
www.galvnews.com /dickinson.lasso   (1634 words)

  
 Dickinson County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
County offices will not accept or approve any form or document received through a fax machine if the date and time of the fax cannot be verified.
The public is invited to observe the counting of the ballots at the Dickinson County FSA Office on November 29, 2000 at 10:30 a.m.
Producers are to vote in the County FSA Office where the producer’s FSA farm records are administratively located or, for other producers, in the county where the producer owns hogs or pigs.
www.fsa.usda.gov /ia/dickinson/what.htm   (4184 words)

  
 County Attorney
The Dickinson County Attorney’s office is responsible for the prosecution of all felony criminal cases, misdemeanors which occur outside of city limits, traffic offenses, and all juvenile cases.
The office is staffed by the County Attorney, the Assistant County Attorney, 3 Legal Assistants, and the Victim/Witness Coordinator.
The victim/witness program of the Dickinson County Attorney’s Office is designed to answer questions and provide assistance to you in dealing with the criminal justice system.
www.dkcoks.com /attorney.htm   (1841 words)

  
 Leadership Dickinson County Brochure
Leadership Dickinson County is designed to help Dickinson County communities become more "leader-full." The program provides a leadership development process to help individuals become facilitative, collaborative, servant leaders.
Create an awareness of the 40 Developmental Assets and their importance in making Dickinson County communities a good place for youth to grow up in and for all of us to live in.
The tuition fee for Leadership Dickinson County is $200 paid by each candidate or their business or sponsoring organization.
www.oznet.ksu.edu /dickinson/Leadership/brochure.htm   (448 words)

  
 Sioux City Journal: Nighttime speed limit likely for boats in Dickinson County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Of the 32 nighttime incidents, 12 were in Dickinson County.
Dickinson County Supervisor Paul Johnson, who favors the 25-mph limit, asked the DNR to make sure boaters are informed of any speed limits.
Dickinson County Attorney Rosalise Olson, a New Jersey native, noted a 10-mph nighttime speed limit in her home state.
www.siouxcityjournal.com /articles/2006/01/28/news/local/9fdcc1cd82ae8521862571040018d9f8.txt   (903 words)

  
 Heritage Center of Dickinson County
The Heritage Center of Dickinson County is a unique collection of two in-door museums, that continues on out-the-back-door where you will find actual buildings from around the county, all depicting life on the Plains during the American pioneer movement and westward expansion periods.
For those wanting to know more about the people who have lived and/or died in Dickinson County, especially those doing family histories, you will want to visit the Center's Research Center which has all the official early day records.
Dickinson County Historical Society, a not-for-profit, membership organization.
www.heritagecenterdk.com   (464 words)

  
 Join Us
Dickinson County Historical Society is a not-for-profit organization governed by a board of trustees that reside in the county.
After the new courthouse was completed in 1958, the museum was given room in their basement but it wasn't long and the museum experienced growing pains again and felt the limitations of their location.
By 1990, it was obvious that the County Historical Museum had developed into a Heritage Center with three distinct museums plus the repository for county and family history records.
www.heritagecenterdk.com /dickinson_county_historical_soci.html   (706 words)

  
 Dickinson, Texas TX, city profile (Galveston County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Dickinson, TX Dickinson is a city in Galveston County, in the Houston-Baytown metro area.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Dickinson was $19,785, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Dickinson, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $464.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=26360   (553 words)

  
 Dickinson, ND - Live Here, Work Here - Get Your Life Back!
Based in Houston, Marathon choose Dickinson in part because of the infrastructure and other quality of life improvement projects the City has undertaken in recent years.
The June 1st report courtesy of Job Service in Dickinson indicates 1,033 jobs available in 21 general categories here in Stark County.
Dickinson is blessed with a vibrant and healthy downtown with plenty of special interest shops, professional office spaces and apartments.
www.dickinsonnd.com   (398 words)

  
 District 1, County of Sacramento, California, USA
The 1st District occupies the northwestern corner of Sacramento County and is home to a number of thriving communities.
From rural Elverta, to residential North Highlands, to the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers and the bustling Sacramento International Airport, District 1 is home to a wide variety of lifestyles and recreational opportunities.
The 1st District is represented by Supervisor Roger Dickinson.
www.bos.saccounty.net /district1/district1.html   (197 words)

  
 Dickinson County KS
Organized in 1857.  County seat Abilene.  In honor of Daniel S. Dickinson.
The Kansas State Historical Society also has more historical data for Dickinson County online including a rich bibliography and lists of cemeteries, post offices, and newspapers.
Dickinson County Historical Museum   785-263-2681   heritagecenter@access-one.com
skyways.lib.ks.us /counties/DK   (658 words)

  
 Abilene, Our Community - Kansas Personal Injury Lawyers, Dickinson County, Chisolm Trail
Abilene, Kansas, with a population of over 6,500, is the county seat of Dickinson County.
It is located at the junction of Interstate 70 and K-15, at the official end of the Chisholm Trail.
The Heritage Center of Dickinson County Museum in Abilene depicts life on the Plains during the pioneer movement.
www.caraccidentlawyersks.com /abilene_kansas.html   (668 words)

  
 Dickinson County, Kansas Homepage-USGenWeb
One of the cities in Dickinson County is Abilene, a Cowtown of the Old West.
Abilene and the surrounding county are famous for the Greyhound Racing Dogs.
Classes in Kansas History (Fall) and Wyandotte County History (Spring) are available at the Kansas City Kansas Community College, taught by Edwin D Shutt II, author of "Silver City, A History of the Argentine Community of Kansas City, Kansas", M.A. Emporia State University.
skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/genweb/dickinso   (1023 words)

  
 Dickinson County, Michigan - InfoMI.com
Dickinson County is the youngest county in Michigan.
Iron ore established Dickinson's place in Michigan history.
The Chapin Mine produced 27 million tons of ore from 1880 until it closed in 1934.
www.infomi.com /county/dickinson   (114 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Dickinson County, Mich.
For convenient presentation of this material, the site includes a page for each of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S., as well as for various U.S. and foreign territories and countries.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/MI/DI.html   (483 words)

  
 Dickinson County and Iron Mountain Michigan Vacations
Deer and small game hunting is a rewarding pastime, primarily in the largely undeveloped, forested region of Northern Dickinson County.
Michigan vacation in Dickinson County Michigan for a great tourism adventure in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Dickinson County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has the best in michigan vacations and michigan tourism.
www.ironmountain.org   (284 words)

  
 Abilene's Tom Smith
Ironically, when horses from Pawnee county were stolen only six years earlier, out-of-state thieves were quickly pursued into Iowa by county authorities, and hanged from a tree in Pawnee county by local vigilantes.
- From the Dickinson County Historical Society, Abilene, KS, a paper by H. Humphrey dated Saturday, December, 26, 1931, a few months after the death of Walter D. Nichols.
- From the Dickinson County Historical Society, Abilene, KS, a paper by Craig Allison dated Wednesday, April 19, 1989, and presented to Dr. Homer Socolofsky, Kansas State University.
www.kancoll.org /articles/tomsmith.htm   (1714 words)

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