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Dykes is an unincorporated community in southwest Texas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Dykes is located on Missouri Route 38, seven miles west of Houston.

History

A post office called Dykes was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1933. The community's name is taken by John Dykes, a pioneer citizen.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dykes, Missouri
2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
4. "Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Texas County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Houston
Cities	Cabool Houston Licking Mountain Grove‡ Summersville‡
Villages	Plato Raymondville
Townships	Boone Burdine Carroll Cass Clinton Current Date Jackson Lynch Morris Ozark Pierce Piney Roubidoux Sargent Sherrill Upton
Unincorporated communities	Alice Arroll Ashley Creek Bado Bendavis Big Creek Bucyrus Clara Clear Springs Dent Dunn Dykes Elk Creek Ellis Prairie Ellsworth Eunice Evening Shade Fowler Guild Hartshorn Huggins Kimble Kinderpost Ladd Lundy Mahan Maples Mitchells Corner Nile Oscar Pleasant Ridge Prescott Roby Samoa Sargent Sherrill Simmons Solo Stultz Success Tyrone Upton Vada Varvol Venable Yukon
Ghost towns	Edanville Gravel Point Grogan Hattie Hazleton Hurst Louisa Nagle Plum Valley Raftville Roubidoux Turley
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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37°20′01″N 92°06′57″W / 37.33361°N 92.11583°W / 37.33361; -92.11583

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