Seco Creek

Seco Creek
Seco Creek
Etymology	Spanish
Native name	Rio Seco (Spanish)
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Region	Bandera County
Physical characteristics
Source	source
• location	five miles north of Sentry Mountain and FM 470, southwestern Bandera County, Texas
• coordinates	29°44′05″N 99°25′14″W / 29.73472°N 99.42056°W
• elevation	2,050 ft (620 m)
Mouth	mouth
• location	confluence with Hondo Creek, seven miles west of Moore, Frio County, Texas
• coordinates	29°01′38″N 99°08′24″W / 29.02722°N 99.14000°W
• elevation	571 ft (174 m)
Length	66 mi (106 km)
Basin features
River system	Hondo Creek, Frio River, Nueces River

Seco Creek, is a tributary stream of the Hondo Creek, in Frio County, Texas.^[1] Named Rio Seco (Seco, the Spanish word for "dry,") in 1689 by Captain Alonso De León, governor of Coahuila, when his expedition crossed the creek.^[2]

Seco Creek has its source five miles north of Sentry Mountain and Farm to Market Road 470 in southwestern Bandera County. Its course runs southeast for sixty-six miles through Bandera, Uvalde, Frio and Medina Counties. Its mouth at its confluence with Hondo Creek, is seven miles west of Moore in Frio County.^[1]^[2]

History

Seco Creek was a watering place for travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road including the stagecoach lines like the San Antonio-El Paso Mail and San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Seco Creek
^ ^a ^b "SECO CREEK," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbsar), accessed November 25, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
^ Table of distances from Texas Almanac, 1859, Book, ca. 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/ accessed November 12, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association, Denton, Texas
^ Wayne R. Austerman, "SAN ANTONIO-EL PASO MAIL," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eus01), accessed November 22, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Seco Creek

[Handbook-2] "SECO CREEK," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbsar), accessed November 25, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

[3] Table of distances from Texas Almanac, 1859, Book, ca. 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/ accessed November 12, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association, Denton, Texas

[4] Wayne R. Austerman, "SAN ANTONIO-EL PASO MAIL," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eus01), accessed November 22, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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