Official Name: | Dye, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Dye |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Montague |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1,181 |
Coordinates: | 33.6206°N -97.6125°W |
Area Code: | 940 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1384230 |
Dye is an unincorporated community in Montague County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 200 in 2000.
It was settled around 1880 and the community grew up around J. D. Bybee's general store. From 1884 to 1905, a branch of the post office was located in Dye. Throughout its existence, Dye has been a hub for local farmers. Its documented population has never exceeded 60, and there have been no population estimates available since the late 1940s through the 1990s. Three residences and a chapel were nearby in 1961. There was a cemetery indicated on the 1983 county highway map. 200 people lived there in 2000.
Dye is located on a spur off Farm to Market Road 3206, 10miles southeast of Montague in southeastern Montague County.
Today, the community is served by the Forestburg Independent School District.