Alum Creek (Cibolo Creek tributary)

Last updated

Alum Creek is a stream in Wilson County, Texas, in the United States. [1] It is a tributary of Cibolo Creek.

Alum Creek was so named on account of the foul taste naturally occurring alum imparted in its water. [2]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Berlin, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

New Berlin is a city in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 511 at the 2010 census. New Berlin is a German-Texan town settled by German emigrants in the 1800s as a farming community. New Berlin is named after Berlin, Germany and boasts many residents being descendants of the original German founders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zuehl, Texas</span> Census-designated place in Texas, United States

Zuehl is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in western Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located on Cibolo Creek, it lies 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Seguin. The population was 399 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">La Vernia, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

La Vernia is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. La Vernia is on the south bank of Cibolo Creek at the junction of U.S. Highway 87 and Texas Farm to Market Road 775, approximately 25 miles east of downtown San Antonio. The population was 1,077 at the 2020 census. La Vernia is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Schertz, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

Schertz is a city in Guadalupe, Bexar, and Comal counties in the U.S. state of Texas, within the San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan area. The population was 42,002 at the 2020 census, up from 31,465 at the 2010 census. Schertz was settled by Alsatian emigrants in the 1800s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North East Independent School District</span> School district in Texas

The North East Independent School District is a school district located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. North East ISD serves the north central and northeast areas of Bexar County, covering approximately 132 square miles (340 km2). North East ISD serves the cities of Castle Hills, Hill Country Village, Hollywood Park, Windcrest, and portions of San Antonio, Balcones Heights, Terrell Hills, and Timberwood Park. North East ISD is the second largest school district serving the San Antonio area by student attendance, following Northside ISD.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Woman Hollering Creek</span>

Woman Hollering Creek is a creek located in Central Texas. At one point, it crosses Interstate 10, between Seguin, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas. It is a tributary of Martinez Creek, which is a tributary of Cibolo Creek, a tributary of the San Antonio River.

Kicaster is an unincorporated community in northwestern Wilson County, Texas, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cibolo Creek</span> Stream in South Central Texas

Cibolo Creek is a stream in South Central Texas that runs approximately 96 miles (154 km) from its source at Turkey Knob near Boerne, Texas, to its confluence with the San Antonio River in Karnes County. The creek is a tributary of the San Antonio River, at the easternmost part of its watershed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Saba River</span> River in Texas, United States

The San Saba River is a river in Texas, United States. It is an undeveloped and scenic waterway located on the northern boundary of the Edwards Plateau.

Boerne High School is a public high school located in the hill country just 30 miles northwest of San Antonio in Boerne, Texas, USA. The high school used to be the only high school in Boerne which now has a second high school, Boerne Samuel V. Champion High School. The "original" Boerne High School currently serves as Boerne Middle School North.

Palo Pinto Creek is a river in Eastland, Stephens, and Palo Pinto counties, Texas, United States. It is a tributary of the Brazos River.

Alum Creek may refer to:

Elm Creek is the name of two separate streams that rise in Guadalupe County southwest of Seguin in South Central Texas, United States. The western Elm Creek runs approximately 14 miles from its source about 8.6 miles southwest of Seguin in southwestern Guadalupe County, to its confluence with Cibolo Creek, two miles east of La Vernia in Wilson County. The eastern Elm Creek originates 9.4 miles southwest of Seguin, and proceeds southeast through Guadalupe County, where it discharges into Cottonwood Creek, which itself flows into the Guadalupe River.

See Elm Creek for the tributary of the Rio Grande, in Maverick County, Texas.

Red Bluff Creek is a stream in Bandera and Kendall counties, Texas, in the United States.

Alum Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is a tributary of Tug Fork.

Evergreen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a new CDP, formed from part of the Roma Creek CDP prior to the 2010 census, with a population of 73.

Jonahs Run is a stream in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a tributary to Caesar Creek.

Turkey Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a tributary to Indian Creek.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alum Creek (Cibolo Creek tributary)
  2. Tarpley, Fred (5 July 2010). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 8. ISBN   978-0-292-78693-6.

29°15′13″N98°01′26″W / 29.25361°N 98.02389°W / 29.25361; -98.02389