Dinsmore 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 ...

Wharton County, Texas Wharton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 41,570. Its county seat is Wharton. The county was named for brothers William Harris Wharton and John Austin Wharton. Wharton Count ...

, United States. According to the

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, the community had a population of 250 in the early 1990s. It is located within the

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metropolitan area.

Geography

Dinsmore is located on Farm to Market Road 1301, east of Wharton in Wharton County.

Education

Today, the community is served by the Wharton Independent School District.

References

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