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This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Dimmit County, Texas. There are one district and two individual properties listed on the National Register in the county. All sites are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks, and one site is also a State Antiquities Landmark.
King also staunchly enforced the "dry county" law once the residents voted to outlaw the sale of alcohol. [8] [15] Dimmit County's first producing oil well was drilled in 1943. In 1980, Dimmit County farmers earned about $20 million for their crops, while about $60 million in oil and gas were produced. [8]
Dimmitt, Texas has a history dating back to March 1890 when the Bedford Town and Land Company purchased land and established the townsite. H. G. Bedford oversaw the sale of lots, and the town was named after his brother-in-law Rev. W.C. Dimmitt. The town faced competition for the county seat but was voted county seat on December 18, 1891. [6]
Carrizo Springs is the largest city in and the county seat of Dimmit County, Texas, United States. [4] The population was 4,892 at the 2020 census, [5] down from 5,368 at the 2010 census. [6] The name of the town is derived from the local springs, which were named by the Spanish for the cane grass that once grew around them.
Greer County, formed in 1860. Separated from Texas by U.S. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. the State of Texas, 162 U.S. 1 (1896) and is now part of southwestern Oklahoma. Perdido County, formed in 1824 and forgotten during the upheavals of the 1840s. Perdido was reportedly abolished in 1858 and again in 1871.
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns , or census-designated places .
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Big Wells is located in northeastern Dimmit County at (28.570970, –99.570399 Texas State Highway 85 passes through the community, leading east 26 miles (42 km) to Dilley and Interstate 35, and west 18 miles (29 km) to Carrizo Springs, the Dimmit County seat.