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 Cyndi Taylor Krier (born July 12, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician. Early life and career Krier was born in Beeville, Texas, and spent much of her childhood in Dinero, Texas. She attended San Antonio College and Trinity University bef ...

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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Unincorporated communities in Live Oak County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{LiveOakCountyTX-geo-stub