Bitter Creek, Texas

Bitter Creek is a ghost town in Nolan County, Texas, United States. Its location is not known, as the community no longer exists.[1]

History

Bitter Creek was settled in the early 1880s by the Bardwell and Montgomery families. Bitter Creek is thought to have been located south of present-day Sweetwater, in northeastern Nolan County.[2] In 1923, oil was discovered in Bitter Creek. By the 1950s, its population declined to only five residents.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bitter Creek, Texas
  2. ^ "Texas Historical Association". Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Fractured Atlas Bitter Creek, Texas". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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Municipalities and communities of Nolan County, Texas, United States
County seat: Sweetwater
Cities
  • Blackwell‡
  • Roscoe
  • Sweetwater
Nolan County map
Unincorporated
communities
  • Maryneal
  • Nolan
Ghost towns
  • Bitter Creek
  • Wastella
Footnotes
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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