Waxahachie Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• location | Midlothian, Texas |
• coordinates | 32°29′24″N96°59′55″W / 32.4901°N 96.9986°W |
Length | 23 miles (37 km) |
Waxahachie Creek is a creek in Ellis County, Texas. The creek rises in Midlothian and flows for 23 miles, running parallel with U.S. Highway 287 from Midlothian to Waxahachie. [1] The creek skirts Lake Waxahachie, flowing under U.S. Highway 77 before flowing into Lake Bardwell near Ennis. [2] [3]
Some of the earliest settlers of the area were the families of William Alden Hawkins and Larkin Newton, who moved to the area in 1848. [4] For Hawkins to claim his 640 acres (260 ha) of land from the Peters Colony group, he was required to build a house on the property he chose along the mouth of Waxahachie Creek before July 1, 1848. The structure was built before the required deadline, and the land near the present-day Hawkins Spring went to the Hawkins family. [5]
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