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OPDYKE,
TEXAS
Texas Ghost Town
Hockley County, Texas
Panhandle
Just west of the junction of Highway 114 and FM 2646
5 Miles S of Llevelland
Population: 20 (1990)
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The town's name is pronounced O. P. Dike - just as you would pronouce
someone's name. The someone in this case was probably Charles W. Opdyke,
director of the Santa Fe Railroad. It is also suggested that the name
could've been after a relative of the man (W. A. Dykes) who had built
the town's first cotton gin in 1937.
Opdyke had no 19th Century history. The town got started in 1925 -
and it wasn't until 1945 that they had a population of 50. All activities
revolved around the gin throughout the 40s and 50s with a service
station/general store to serve the needs of the citizens. By the late
50s the Farmers Co-op Gin was the town's last business. |
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