Dodd, Texas
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Dodd, Texas | |
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  Dodd  Dodd | |
| Coordinates: 34°20′6″N 102°28′43″W / 34.33500°N 102.47861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Castro |
| Elevation | 3,806 ft (1,160 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 806 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1379670[1] |
Dodd is an unincorporated community in Castro County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 15 in 2000.
Dodd was named after a family of local settlers in the early 1900s. The settlement had a store, a grain elevator, and a gin serving 35 people from the 1970s to 1990. Its population went down to 15 in 2000.[2]
A mausoleum can be found in a private cemetery in northern Dodd. It is said to be the grave of someone named I.D. Beasley.[3]
