Dodd, Texas Explained

Official Name:Dodd, Texas
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA
Pushpin Label:Dodd
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Texas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Castro
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:3806
Coordinates:34.335°N -102.4786°W
Area Code:806
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1379670

Dodd is an unincorporated community in Castro County, Texas, United States. 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.

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.[1]

Geography

Dodd is located on Farm to Market Road 303, 18miles southwest of Dimmitt in the southwestern corner of Castro County.

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.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dodd, Texas . Texas Escapes Online Magazine . 2023-03-25.