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DIKE, TEXAS
Hopkins County,
East Texas
County FM 69
7 miles N of I-30
10 miles NE of Sulphur
Springs
Population:
170 in (1990)
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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.
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© John Troesser
Source: Little Towns of Texas, Jayroe Publishing, Jacksonville, Texas,
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