| Official Name: | Dexter, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Dexter |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cooke |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 778 |
| Coordinates: | 33.8186°N -96.9636°W |
| Area Code: | 940 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1355990 |
Dexter is an unincorporated community in Cooke County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 18 in 2000. It is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
On September 8, 1986, an Amoco gas condensate pipeline leaked.14 people were injured.[1] [2]
The Washington House on Sycamore Creek Ranch in the community was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
Dexter is located on Farm to Market Road 678 near the Red River, 25miles northeast of Gainesville, 8.7miles east-northeast of Callisburg, and 11.5miles west-northwest of Whitesboro in extreme northeastern Cooke County.[4]
Dexter had its own school in the early 1880s. Today, Dexter is served by the Whitesboro Independent School District.