Dodd, Texas, Castro County. (original) (raw)

The Handbook of Texas states that "until 1945 students attended Big Square School, North of Dodd."

Another source mentions that a mausoleum is found in a private cemetery on the North side of Dodd. The tomb is that of I. D. Beasley. Mausoleums are pretty much a novelty west of Fort Worth.

Castro County has over 300,000 acres under irrigation, so it doesn't fit the image most people have of West Texas.

1940s Castro County map showing Dimmitt the county seat
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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