Editing Dickinson, North Dakota (section)

==History==
Dickinson was founded in 1881.<ref name=Wick>{{cite web|last=Wick|first=Douglas A.|title=Dickinson (Stark County)|url=http://www.webfamilytree.com/North_Dakota_Place_Names/D/dickinson_%28stark_county%29.htm|work=North Dakota Place Names|access-date=May 8, 2011|archive-date=January 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115153311/http://www.webfamilytree.com/North_Dakota_Place_Names/D/dickinson_%28stark_county%29.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dickinson was named for its founder, [[Wells S. Dickinson|W. S. Dickinson]], a native of [[Malone, New York]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n105 106]}}</ref>

In 1924, Dickinson was the site of a tornado that killed nine people, making it the fourth deadliest tornado in North Dakota's recorded history.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=William |title=North Dakota Tornadoes Twisters & Cyclones |publisher=Vally Star Publications |year=2024 |isbn=979-8-89480-378-4 |location=Dickinson, ND |publication-date=2024 |pages=29}}</ref> Dickinson was the site of an EF3 tornado in 2009 that damaged more than 450 homes and businesses, with 100 beyond repair, but with no injuries or casualties.<ref name=":0" /> 

The rapid growth of the city due to an oil boom led to an increase in crime and homelessness within the city limits in the 2010s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Healy |first1=Jack |date=November 30, 2013 |title=As Oil Floods Plains Towns, Crime Pours In |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/us/as-oil-floods-plains-towns-crime-pours-in.html |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Faulx |first=Nadia |date=April 4, 2015 |title=Bakken a new market for organized drug crime, officials say |url=http://www.inforum.com/news/crime/3715476-bakken-new-market-organized-drug-crime-officials-say |newspaper=The Forum}}</ref>