Bitter Creek, Texas
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 Sweetwater, in northeast Nolan County.[2] In 1923, oil was discovered in Bitter Creek. By the 1950s, its population declined to only five residents.[3]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bitter Creek, Texas
- "Texas Historical Association". Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- "Fractured Atlas Bitter Creek, Texas". Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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