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Ghost town in Texas, United States For the fictional town setting, see Friday Night Lights (TV series).

Dillon is a ghost town in Hopkins County, Texas, United States, located 30 miles east of Miller Grove, near Saltillo. The town was named after E. F. Dillon, who started operating the post office in his store in 1901. The post office closed in 1906, and in the mid-1930s the town disappeared from highway maps.

In popular culture

Dillon shares a name with the fictionalized setting of Friday Night Lights. The series was filmed around Austin.

References

  1. Texas State Historical Association. "Dillon, TX". The Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved February 14, 2008.
  2. "Use This Interactive Map of Friday Night Lights' Austin, Texas, Shooting Locations". Vulture. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  3. Booth, Jessica. "20 surprising things you probably didn't know about 'Friday Night Lights'". Insider. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
Municipalities and communities of Hopkins County, Texas, United States
County seat: Sulphur Springs
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