Dime Box is an unincorporated community and census designated place in Lee County, Texas, United States.

In 1913, the Southern Pacific Railroad built a line three miles southeast of the original location of Dime Box.

[citation needed] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers; generally mild to cool winters; and precipitation evenly distributed throughout the year.

[17][16] Dime Box was cast as the capital of the Second Republic of Texas in Howard Waldrop's book Texas-Israeli War: 1999.

[18] Dime Box was visited by author William Least Heat-Moon as described in his book Blue Highways.