Dinero, Texas, Live Oak County. (original) (raw)

A brand-new Texas flag flies over Dinero's sole business
TE Photo, 2006

History in a Pecan Shell

Timeline of significant events in Dinero's History:

1846: First called Barlow's Ferry after ferry operator E. Barlow
1858: Dinero's first school is opned.
1872: Name is changed to Dinero (Spanish for "money"). Legends of lost Spanish silver mines may have suggested the name, but others say it comes from the rich resources of the county.
1885: The population is twenty and the town receives a post office.
1892: Population reaches 70.
1914: The population, now numbering thirty, moves one mile west to the rails of San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad.
1920s: Oil and gas discoveries prove disappointing and hopes of a boomtown are dashed.
1943: Dinero's population stands at fifty.
1949: Dinero's segregated schools are merged with schools in George West.

Dinero ruin
TE Photo, 2006

Live Oak County 1940s map showing Dinero on the railroad
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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