unincorporated community
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in Caldwell County, Texas, United States. The settlement had a population of 500 in 2000. It is located within the
Greater Austin
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metropolitan area.
History
The population was 126 in 2010.
Although it is unincorporated, Dale has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78616.
* Geraldine Elizabeth Carmichael was arrested in Dale. She had been on the run after defrauding many people who had wanted to purchase a small fuel-efficient car that had never begun production.
* Abram Lincoln Harris, economist, academic, anthropologist.
* Azie Taylor Morton, the only African American to serve as
Treasurer of the United States
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