Dinero, Texas

Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
28°13′35″N 97°57′42″W / 28.22639°N 97.96167°W / 28.22639; -97.96167CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyLive OakElevation
112 ft (34 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes
78350
GNIS feature ID1334369

Dinero is an unincorporated community in eastern Live Oak County, Texas, United States. It lies along local roads south of Interstate 37, southeast of the city of George West, the county seat.[1] Its elevation is 112 feet (34m).[2] It once had a post office, but it was shut down in 2008 and the 78350 zip code removed.[3]

Former State Senator Cyndi Taylor Krier spent part of her girlhood in Dinero, where her maternal grandfather and then her grandmother were the postmasters, long before the closing of the facility.[4]

References

  1. ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 101.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dinero, Texas
  3. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  4. ^ "Congressman Smith on the Cyndi Taylor Krier Post Office Bill, March 5, 2008". lamarsmith.house.gov. Archived from the original on June 2, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2011.

External links

  • 1860 U.S. Census - Live Oak County (1/2)
  • 1860 U.S. Census - Live Oak County (2/2)
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