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-day Sweetwater, in northeastern Nolan County.[2] In 1923, oil was discovered in Bitter Creek. By the 1950s, its population declined to only five residents.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bitter Creek, Texas(dead link)
  2. ^ "Texas Historical Association". Retrieved 13 April 2011.


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