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History on a Pinhead
The town's name is pronounced O. P. Dike - just as you would pronouce someone's
name. The someone in this case was probably Charles W. Opdyke, director of the
Santa Fe Railroad. It is also suggested that the name could've been after a relative
of the man (W. A. Dykes) who had built the town's first cotton
gin in 1937.
Opdyke had no 19th Century history. The town
got started in 1925 - and it wasn't until 1945 that they had a population of 50.
All activities revolved around the gin throughout the 40s and 50s with a service
station/general store to serve the needs of the citizens. By the late 50s the
Farmers Co-op Gin was the town's last business.
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