Chupaderas Creek

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Chupaderas Creek is a stream in Bexar County, Texas, [1] that starts east of Martinez, Texas, and runs for ten miles to its mouth on Calaveras Creek.

In the mid-19th century, William Budd Jaques (1799–1870), friend of Stephen F. Austin, acquired a large tract of land along Chupaderas Creek and developed the property into one of the most significant hog ranching operations east of San Antonio during that period [2] . However, the creek's lower reaches became inundated with the completion of Calaveras Lake Dam in 1969 [3] , and the former site of Jaques Rancho is now submerged beneath Calaveras Lake.

Chupaderas means pacifiers in Spanish.

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References

  1. "Chupaderas Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved February 5, 2026.
  2. "William Budd and Katherine Browne Jaques". Lost Texas Roads. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  3. "Texas Handbook Online".

29°20′21″N98°16′59″W / 29.33909°N 98.28313°W / 29.33909; -98.28313