- Dickenson County Historical Markers
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- Dickenson, Z-133
Location: Rte. 83.
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Dickenson County Z-133
- This mountainous county is named for William J. Dickenson, delegate
to the Virginia General Assembly from Russell County in 1880 when the county
was formed from Russell, Wise, and Buchanan Counties. The first permanent
European settlements were established in the county during the early 19th
century. Breaks Interstate Park is located near Breaks and includes a portion
of Kentucky. The park was formed by a joint action of both state legislatures
in 1954 and has a deep gorge shaped for centuries by the Russell Fork River.
Clintwood is the county seat.
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- Clintwood, XB-11
Location: Rte. 83, at Clintwood.
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- The name originally was Holly Creek. In 1882 the county seat of Dickenson
County was moved from Ervington to this place, which was named Clintwood
for Major Henry Clinton Wood. The town was incorporated in 1894. With the
coming of the railroad to the county in 1915, the population rapidly increased
as the mineral and timber resources were opened.
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- John Mullins, XB-13
Location: Rte. T-1009, at Rte. 83, Clintwood.
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- Near here on Holly Creek, John Mullins settled in 1829, becoming the
second settler in Dickenson County. His father John Mullins, the only known
Revolutionary War soldier resting in this county, spent his last years
here with his son. He died in 1849 and is buried nearby.
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- Colley's Cabin, XB-24
Location: Rte. 80, 3 miles south of Haysi.
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- Near here stood the cabin of Richard "Fighting Dick" Colley
who was one of the earliest settlers in what is now Dickenson County.
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- Old Buffalo School, XB-10
Location: Rte. 63, at Nora.
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- Established in 1875 on land given by Simpson Dyer, the Old Buffalo
School became the first free school of Dickenson County in 1880. Alexander
Johnson Skeen served as first teacher. The school remained in operation
for twenty-five years, during which time it educated many future leaders
in the area.
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- Indian and Settler Conflict, XB-23
Location: Rte. 80/83, Haysi. 
- In August 1792, during a period of frontier unrest, Indians attacked
the home of David Musick and his wife, Annie, near Honaker in Russell County.
They killed Musick and captured his wife and their five children, Abraham,
Elijah, Samuel, Elexius, and Phoebe. The prisoners were marched to present-day
Dickenson County at the junction of Russell Fork and Russell Prater Creek.
Nearby a company of militiamen attacked the Indians and the surviving Musick
family members escaped. During the skirmish one Indian was killed and another
was wounded. The remainder retreated westward.
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