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DICEY, TEXASParker County,
Central Texas N
A spur off FM 730
Consult local maps
8 miles NE of Weatherford
Population
: 20 (est)
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Dicey
Cemetery
Photo Courtesy Rita Short |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Settled in the 1850s, Dicey was named after a woman. The man who was
brave enough to marry a woman named Dicey was named W.G. Puryear.
Before Dicey, the community had been named Power after a minister
of the local church. The town had a post office from 1891 until it
closed in 1929.
The population of Dicey never exceeded 100 people. It was around 60
from the 1920s until the 40's. After that the population was estimated
at somewhere around 20.
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Dicey
Cemetery entrance
Photo courtesy Rita Short |
Dicey Texas
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After noticing
on your website that Dicey was located only a handful of miles from
our house, I decided to go look for it yesterday, having never heard
of it before.
Heading south on FM 730 from Azle, Dicey was to the right off North
Shore Lake Dr, Lake Weatherford was to the left. From there it's maybe
about an eighth of a mile on a dirt road to the right. This is where
the cemetery is located anyway. About all we could see was the cemetery
and a few homes scattered nearby. No sign of what might have been
the old post office. There was a sign saying that the land for the
cemetery had been given to Clear Fork Baptist Church by William Baker
Family in 1869 but we didn't see the mentioned Church.
Here are a few photos of the cemetery. - Rita Short, October 02,
2002
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