{"id":8080,"date":"2023-09-19T16:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T16:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8080"},"modified":"2026-08-16T19:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T19:08:23","slug":"lee-county-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lee-county-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lee County is a county in Texas, United States, roughly midway between Austin and Houston. It had a population of 17,478 at the 2020 census and covers 634 square miles (1,640 km2) centred near 30\u00b019\u2032N 96\u00b058\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Giddings is the county seat, and its postal code is 78942. The county has one city, one town, one census-designated place, and more than a dozen unincorporated communities. Lee County observes Central time.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Lee County<\/h2>\n

Lee County’s populated places range from the county seat of Giddings down to small rural crossroads settled by 19th-century German, Czech and Wendish immigrants. Only Giddings is a home-rule city; Lexington is an incorporated town; Dime Box is a census-designated place (CDP); everything else below is unincorporated (Unincorp.).<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Giddings<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78942<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lexington<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dime Box<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n77853<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Dime Box<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lincoln<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n78948<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serbin<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Corinth<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hills<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fedor<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manheim<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adina<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doak Springs<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hicks<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Knobbs Springs<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leo<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loebau<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northrup<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sweet Home<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tanglewood<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Old Dime Box sits just south of the newer Dime Box CDP, the settlement having relocated when the railroad bypassed the original townsite — both names persist on modern maps for two separate, adjoining places.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n