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DIKE,
TEXASHopkins County,
East Texas
County FM 69
7 miles N of I-30
10 miles NE of Sulphur
Springs
Population:
170 in (1990) |
History
in a Pecan Shell
Formerly called Booneville, after you-know-who supposedly visited the area,
the townfolk changed the name to Dike after finding out there was already another
Booneville in Texas.
The first postmaster was Isaac Rhodes who was sworn in on October 23, 1890.
Rhodes was appointed by President Benjamin Harrison. This act might be regarded
as a milestone in Harrison's rather lackluster presidency.
It was Bud
Sheppard who suggested the name of Dike - after Dike, Iowa.
Source:
Little Towns of Texas, Jayroe Publishing, Jacksonville, Texas, 1981. |
1940s
Hopkins County map showing Dike
(Above "N" in "HOPKINS")
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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