Sunnyside is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Castro County Castro County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,371. Its county seat is Dimmitt. The county was named for Henri Castro, who was consul general to France for the Republic of Texas and t ...

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

, United States. According to the ''

Handbook of Texas The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...

'', the community had an estimated population of 80 in 2000.

Geography

Sunnyside is located on

U.S. Route 385 U.S. Route 385 (US 385) is a spur of U.S. Route 85 that runs for 1,206 miles (1,941 km) from Deadwood, South Dakota to Big Bend National Park in Texas. Route description , - , TX , 545 , 877 , - , OK , 36 , 58 , - , CO , 317 , 5 ...

, south of Dimmitt in Castro County.

Education

Today, the community is served by the

Dimmitt Independent School District Dimmitt Independent School District is a public school district based in Dimmitt, Texas (USA). In 2009, the school district was rated " academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch ...

and the Springlake-Earth Independent School District.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Castro County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas