Bitter Creek, Texas

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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.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bitter Creek, Texas(dead link)
  2. ↑ "Texas Historical Association" . Retrieved 13 April 2011.


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