Dinero is an

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in eastern Live Oak County,

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, United States. It lies along local roads south of

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, southeast of the city of George West, the

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. Its elevation is 112 feet (34m). It once had a post office, but it was shut down in 2008 and the 78350 zip code removed. Former

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Cyndi Taylor Krier spent part of her girlhood in Dinero, where her maternal grandfather and then her grandmother were the postmasters, long before the closing of the facility.

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1860 U.S. Census - Live Oak County (1/2)1860 U.S. Census - Live Oak County (2/2)
Unincorporated communities in Live Oak County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{LiveOakCountyTX-geo-stub