Dryden, Texas

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Dryden
Unincorporated community
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Dryden Post Office
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Dryden
Location in the state of Texas
Coordinates: 30°02′41″N102°06′52″W / 30.04472°N 102.11444°W / 30.04472; -102.11444
Country United States
State Texas
County Terrell
Elevation
[1]
2,110 ft (640 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
78851
Area code 432
GNIS feature ID1334709 [1]

Dryden is an unincorporated community in south central Terrell County, Texas, United States.

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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 thirteen by 1988, although a general store was still operating in 1995. [2] [3]

The post office dated from 1888; however, the United States Postal Service no longer maintains a post office in Dryden.

Wayne Sutton, a local sheep farmer and director of Dryden Water Supply Company, [4] has been[ when? ] appointed mayor by the other residents.

Amtrak's Sunset Limited passes through the town on Union Pacific tracks, but makes no stop. A stop is located 20 miles (32 km) 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 miles (32 km) east of Terrell County's county seat Sanderson and 100 miles (160 km) west of Del Rio. [2] [3] [5]

Climate

Elevation: 2,110 feet (643 m). [6] [7]

Climate data for Dryden, Texas (Jun 1, 1966–Oct 31, 1994)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °F (°C)87
(31)		95
(35)		98
(37)		103
(39)		110
(43)		112
(44)		111
(44)		110
(43)		106
(41)		103
(39)		90
(32)		87
(31)		112
(44)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)60.2
(15.7)		65.0
(18.3)		74.3
(23.5)		82.7
(28.2)		88.8
(31.6)		94.5
(34.7)		95.5
(35.3)		94.8
(34.9)		88.8
(31.6)		79.9
(26.6)		69.2
(20.7)		61.8
(16.6)		79.6
(26.4)
Daily mean °F (°C)46.5
(8.1)		50.5
(10.3)		59.2
(15.1)		68.1
(20.1)		75.2
(24.0)		81.5
(27.5)		83.1
(28.4)		82.1
(27.8)		76.3
(24.6)		66.3
(19.1)		55.3
(12.9)		47.8
(8.8)		66.0
(18.9)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)32.7
(0.4)		36.0
(2.2)		44.0
(6.7)		53.4
(11.9)		61.6
(16.4)		68.6
(20.3)		70.6
(21.4)		69.4
(20.8)		63.8
(17.7)		52.6
(11.4)		41.7
(5.4)		33.8
(1.0)		52.3
(11.3)
Record low °F (°C)10
(−12)		1
(−17)		12
(−11)		24
(−4)		40
(4)		49
(9)		60
(16)		59
(15)		38
(3)		27
(−3)		17
(−8)		1
(−17)		1
(−17)
Average precipitation inches (mm)0.53
(13)		1.03
(26)		0.57
(14)		0.99
(25)		1.75
(44)		1.02
(26)		1.27
(32)		1.85
(47)		2.64
(67)		1.40
(36)		0.74
(19)		0.45
(11)		14.24
(362)
Average snowfall inches (cm)0.6
(1.5)		0.2
(0.51)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.0
(0.0)		0.1
(0.25)		0.0
(0.0)		0.9
(2.3)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)33224333532235
Source: Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dryden, Texas
  2. 1 2 "Dryden, Texas". TexasEscapes.com. June 4, 2007. Retrieved June 30, 2007.
  3. 1 2 "Dryden, Texas". Handbook of Texas Online. April 12, 2006. Retrieved June 30, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Wayne Sutton in Sanderson, TX". Bizapedia. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dryden, Texas Community Profile". Home Town Locator. 2007. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 30, 2007.
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dryden, Texas
  7. ↑ "US COOP Station Map". Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute. Archived from the original on May 3, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  8. ↑ "DRYDEN, TEXAS (412590), Period of Record Monthly Climate Summary". Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
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