DICKINSON-The City of Dickinson is located along Dickinson Bayou between Houston and Galveston.  The majority of the city of Dickinson is in the Dickinson Independent School District, home to the Dickinson High School Gators.  Dickinson is also home to several excellent private schools including Pine Drive Christian School, Shrine of True Cross School, Queen of Angels Academy, and Bay Area Charter Middle School.

Dickinson and the bayou, which shares the same name, were named for John Dickinson.  In 1824 he received a land grant from the Mexican government for the area just north of the present day location of Dickinson.  Around 1850 a settlement was established along the shores of Dickinson Bayou.  By 1860 Dickinson became a stop on the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad.  The town had a post office in 1890 registered under its current name.