Currey's Creek, Texas

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Curry's Creek was a settlement located three miles south of Kendalia in Kendall County, Texas, United States. The settlement was founded in 1850. In the 1850s, Currey's Creek had a population of 100 or more. Judge Samuel B. Patton moved to Currey's Creek in 1847, when the area was still in Blanco County.

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