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2017 Map of Dickens

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Dickens
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Dickens serves as the primary settlement hub in this Lincoln County landscape, centered around the intersection of N Railway St and Adrian Ave. The layout of the town and its surrounding section lines reflects the structured legacy of the Public Land Survey System, with roads like S Dickens Rd and Hershey Rd following the grid of the High Plains. North of the town center, the Dickens Cem remains a significant point of interest for genealogical research and local history.

The terrain is characterized by the drainage of Medicine Cr in the northeast, while the broader area is crisscrossed by descriptive local routes such as Bell Prairie Rd and S Game Trail Rd. These road names and the underlying topography suggest a region defined by its ranching and prairie heritage, where the distance between rural homesteads is mediated by long, straight stretches like W Medicine Rd.