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Dryden, Texas

Field	Value
name	Dryden
settlement_type	Unincorporated community
image_skyline	Dryden PO. Texas (cropped).jpg
image_caption	Dryden Post Office
pushpin_map	Texas
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the state of Texas
map_caption	Location in Terrell county
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Texas
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Terrell
leader_title
established_title	Founded
population_total	13-33
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Central (CST)
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	-5
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	2110
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP codes
postal_code	78851
area_code	432
blank_name	FIPS code
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1334709

Dryden is an unincorporated community in south central Terrell County, Texas, United States. While one source indicates a population of 33, another suggests it has dwindled to 13, which can be considered a ghost town. ZIP code 78851, which includes Dryden, is estimated to have a population of 94.

History

The community was founded in 1882 and named for Eugene E. Dryden. He was the chief engineer of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway, which established a section house at Dryden when building its tracks through Terrell County. Over the next several decades Dryden became a small center for ranching-based businesses. The headquarters for the Pecos Land and Cattle Company were established in Dryden in 1884. The company drilled a well that supplied the area with water.

By 1912, the Dryden Hotel had been established, along with a combined schoolhouse, community center, and church. Dryden had a population of nearly 100 by 1929. Two units of U.S. Army troops were stationed in Dryden during the 1913–17 Mexican border unrest. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the railway closed the Dryden depot and relocated its crews, and the area’s ranches were eventually broken up. The population had dwindled to approximately fifty by 1970. The population continued to decline to 13 by 1988 although a general store was still operating in 1995.

The post office dated from 1888; however, the United States Postal Service no longer maintains a post office in Dryden. Amtrak's Sunset Limited passes through the town on Union Pacific tracks, but makes no stop. A stop is located 20 mi to the west in the nearby town of Sanderson.

Geography

Dryden is located on U.S. Route 90 at the southern terminus of State Highway 349, 20 mi east of Terrell County's county seat Sanderson and 100 mi west of Del Rio.

Climate

References

{{GNIS. 1334709
(2006-04-12). "Dryden, Texas". [[Handbook of Texas Online]].
(2007). "Dryden, Texas Community Profile". Hometown Locator.
(2007-06-04). "Dryden, Texas". TexasEscapes.com.
{{GNIS. 1334709
"US COOP Station Map". [[Western Regional Climate Center]], [[Desert Research Institute]].
"DRYDEN, TEXAS (412590), Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary". Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute.

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