Dodd, Texas

Not to be confused with Dodd City, Texas.

Dodd, Texas
Unincorporated community
Dodd is located in Texas
Dodd
Dodd
Dodd is located in the United States
Dodd
Dodd
Coordinates: 34°20′6″N 102°28′43″W / 34.33500°N 102.47861°W / 34.33500; -102.47861
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCastro
Elevation
3,806 ft (1,160 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code806
GNIS feature ID1379670[1]

Dodd is an unincorporated community in Castro County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 15 in 2000.

History

Dodd was named for a family of local settlers in the early 1900s. The settlement had a store, a grain elevator, and a gin serving 35 people from the 1970s to 1990. Its population went down to 15 in 2000.[2]

A mausoleum can be found in a private cemetery in northern Dodd. It is said to be the grave of someone named I.D. Beasley.[3]

Geography

Dodd is located on Farm to Market Road 303, 18 mi (29 km) southwest of Dimmitt in the southwestern corner of Castro County.[2]

Education

Schoolchildren in Dodd attended Big Square school, located north of the community, until 1945 when it joined the Dimmitt and Springlake-Earth School Districts.[2]

Today, the community is served by the Springlake-Earth Independent School District.

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dodd, Texas
  2. ^ a b c Dodd, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  3. ^ "Dodd, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved March 25, 2023.