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Handbook of Texas Online: TYE, TX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Tye, also known as Tebo and as Hines, is at the intersection of the Missouri Pacific line, State Highway 84, and Farm Road 707 eight miles west of Abilene and just north of Dyess Air Force Base |
 | | In 1901 the name of the post office and community was changed to Tye, to honor John P. Tye, who served as the first postmaster and as a Methodist minister. |
 | | It incorporated in the mid-1950s, and its population grew to 521 in 1960, 857 in 1970, and 1,088 in 1990. |
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