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History
in a Pecan Shell
The settlement had originally been called
Brown's Mill and then Dime Box. In 1913 with the arrival of the
Southern Pacific Railroad (three miles SE of present-day Old Dime Box), residents
and businesses moved to be alongside the tracks. The desire of the railroad village
to retain the name resulted in the creation of a "New
Dime Box" and “Old Dime Box."
The Old Dime Box Cemetery is also known
as the Hannes Cemetery. The community had a historical marker erected in 1968
in recognition of it being the second-oldest in Lee County.
The 1990 and
2000 census reported the population at 200. |
Old
Dime Box sign
Photo courtesy Stephen Danesi | | |
