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Town
Hall
Photo courtesy Mike Price, 2007 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Named for a Sherman, Texas banker named
C. B. Dorchester, the town was founded in the late 188s – and like
its neighbor of Gunter, Dorchester
was also alongside the rails of the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas
Railroad.
The town was granted a post office in 1896. Dorchester prospered and
even in the mid-1930s it maintained a respectable count of 400 residents.
The decline may have come later, but it did come. A year prior to
the 1990 Census it was only 222 residents which declined to just over
one hundred for the 2000 Census. |
| Dorchester
First Baptist Church |
Dorchester
scenes
Photos courtesy Mike
Price, 2007 |
| Photographer's
Note: Not a lot here- most of feed mill not visable to right of
road. - Mike
Price, September 29, 2007 |
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