Dimmitt

History

Dimmitt is located on the old Ozark Trail, a road system from St. Louis, Missouri, to El Paso, Texas. The Ozark Trail is marked at the courthouse. 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. By this time, Dimmitt had two stores, a post office, a hotel, a school, and a resident doctor. A wooden courthouse was completed in 1892, and was replaced by a brick structure after the original burned down in 1906. A brick school building was completed in 1910. On 10 April 2023, an explosion and subsequent fire at South Fork Dairy, about south of Dimmitt, resulted in the deaths of an estimated 18,000 dairy cattle.

Geography

Dimmitt is located slightly west of the center of Castro County at (34.549052, –102.315355). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 3.26%, is covered by water. U.S. Route 385 passes through the city, leading north to Hereford, the seat of Deaf Smith County, and south to Springlake. Texas State Highway 86 crosses US 385 near the center of town and leads east to Tulia and west to Bovina.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  126
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  125
• Great-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  120
• Sandhill crane

  Grus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  102
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  100
• Hen Harrier

  Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  97
• Western Meadowlark

  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 · Aves
  95
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  82

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