Dexter, Texas
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Dexter is an unincorporated community in Cooke County, Texas, United States.{{GNIS|1355990}} According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 18 in 2000. It is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
History
On September 8, 1986, an Amoco gas condensate pipeline leaked.14 people were injured.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F5I9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=4DUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5284,272093&dq=amoco+pipeline+leak&hl=en|title=The Bonham Daily Favorite - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com|access-date=18 January 2016|archive-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608160027/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F5I9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=4DUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5284,272093&dq=amoco+pipeline+leak&hl=en|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/leak-in-pipeline-blamed-for-fumes/article/2159247|title=Leak in Pipeline Blamed for Fumes|work=NewsOK.com|access-date=18 January 2016|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204252/http://newsok.com/leak-in-pipeline-blamed-for-fumes/article/2159247|url-status=live}}
The Washington House on Sycamore Creek Ranch in the community was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5097005722]
Geography
Dexter is located on Farm to Market Road 678 near the Red River, {{convert|25|mi|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Gainesville, {{convert|8.7|mi|km|abbr=on}} east-northeast of Callisburg, and {{convert|11.5|mi|km|abbr=on}} west-northwest of Whitesboro in extreme northeastern Cooke County.{{cite web | url= http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsNorth/Dexter-Texas.htm | title= Dexter, Texas | publisher = Texas Escapes Online Magazine | date= | accessdate = 2024-07-04}}
Education
Dexter had its own school in the early 1880s.{{Handbook of Texas|id=hnd19|name=Dexter, TX}} Today, Dexter is served by the Whitesboro Independent School District.
Notable people
- William H. Bourland, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives during the First Texas Legislature.[http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/mobile/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5236 Texas Legislative Reference Library-Texas Legislators Past and Present-William H. Bourland]
- Charlie Robertson, former MLB pitcher.{{cite book|last=Coffey|first=Michael|title=27 Men Out: Baseball's Perfect Games|url=https://archive.org/details/27menoutbaseball00coff|url-access=registration|publisher=Atria Books |year=2004 |pages=36–51}}