Blanket Creek

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Blanket Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] It is a tributary to Pecan Bayou.

According to tradition, Blanket Creek was named from an incident when a group of Tonkawa Indians sat under blankets to stay dry during a rainstorm. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blanket Creek
  2. "From Bug Tussle to Tarzan, here are 40 of the oddest Texas town names". Click2Houston. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

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