Dickinson is a city in Stark County, North Dakota, in the United States. It is the county seat of Stark County. The population was 17,787 at the 2010 census. Dickinson was founded in 1881. The local paper is The Dickinson Press. Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport serves the city. Dickinson is home to Dickinson State University, bakery manufacturer and distributor Baker Boy, and cabinet manufacturer TMI. Dickinson is the principal city of the Dickinson Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Billings and Stark counties and had a combined population of 24,982 at the 2010... census. The site where Dickinson is located began as "Pleasant Valley Siding" along the transcontinental rail line built through the area by the Northern Pacific Railway in 1880. One year later, the site was renamed Dickinson to honor Wells Stoughton Dickinson, a land agent and politician from Malone, New York who had visited in 1880. Dickinson is located at 46°53′01″N 102°47′20″W / 46.883575°N 102.788811°W / 46.883575; -102.788811 . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.5 square miles . 9.
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| County: | Stark County |
| State: | North Dakota |
| Population: | 16,035 |
| Area: | 9.5 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Mountain Time Zone |
| Also known as: | Dickinson, North Dakota, Stark County / Dickinson city |