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Dodd’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Dodd. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Dodd City is a town in Fannin County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 369 at the 2020 census, representing no change from the 2010 census.

Dodd was established in 1839. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 369 people in 2010, 369 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1983.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dodd yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Dodd, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Dodd is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dodd has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bonham VA Hospital in Bonham, 5.1 miles away.

Dodd and the nearest listed places

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Bonham VA HospitalTexas and Pacific Railroad DepotClendenen-Carleton HouseRayburn, Sam, Library and MuseumSamuel T. Rayburn HouseThomas and Katherine Trout House

Closest to Dodd

Bonham VA HospitalBonham · District5.1miTexas and Pacific Railroad DepotBonham · Building5.9miClendenen-Carleton HouseBonham · Building6miRayburn, Sam, Library and MuseumBonham · Building6.5miSamuel T. Rayburn HouseBonham · Building7.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Bonham VA Hospital’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Dodd?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Dodd’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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