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Nueces River
The Nueces River ( ; , ) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about long. It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. It is the southernmost major river in Texas northeast of the Rio Grande. ''Nueces'' is Spanish for nut (fruit), nuts, specifically pecans; early settlers named the river after the numerous pecan trees along its banks. Location and flow The Nueces rises northwest of San Antonio in the Edwards Plateau, in Real County, Texas, Real County, roughly 50 mi (80 km) north of Uvalde, Texas, Uvalde. It flows south through the Texas Hill Country, past Barksdale, Texas, Barksdale and Crystal City, Texas, Crystal City, approaching to within 35 mi (56 km) of the Rio Grande on the border with Mexico. East of Carrizo Springs, Texas, Carrizo Springs, it turns to the east, flowing through the scrub plains of South Texas, across rural Dimmit County, Texas, Dimmit, La Salle County, Texas, La Salle, and McMullen Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zavala County, Texas
Zavala County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,670. Its county seat is Crystal City, Texas, Crystal City. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1884. Zavala is named for Lorenzo de Zavala, Mexican politician, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and first vice president of the Republic of Texas. History Native Americans Radiocarbon assays indicate the county's Tortuga Flat Site was used in the 15th and 16th centuries by Pacuache. Archeologist T. C. Hill of Crystal City conducted excavations in 1972–1973 at the site, uncovering artifacts. More than 100 archeological sites have been identified by researchers of the University of Texas at San Antonio at the Chaparrosa Ranch. Coahuiltecan, Tonkawa, Lipan Apache people, Lipan Apache and Mescalero, Mescalero Apache and Comanche have inhabited the area after the Pacuache. The Wild Horse Desert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barksdale, Texas
Barksdale is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the hill country section of the U.S. state of Texas. It is located in Edwards County. In 1990, Barksdale had 617 inhabitants and six businesses. By 2000, the population grew to 1,081 with sixteen businesses. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 91. The Nueces Canyon Consolidated Independent School District serves area students. Demographics Barksdale first appeared as a census designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ... in the 2020 U.S. Census. 2020 census References Unincorporated communities in Edwards County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas Census-designated places in Texas {{EdwardsCountyTX-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coahuiltecan
The Coahuiltecan were various small, autonomous bands of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans who inhabited the Rio Grande valley in what is now northeastern Mexico and southern Texas. The various Coahuiltecan groups were hunter gatherers. First encountered by the Spanish in the 16th century, their population declined due to Old World diseases and numerous small-scale wars fought against the Spanish people, Spanish, Apache, and other Indigenous groups. After the Texas secession from Mexico, Coahuiltecan peoples were largely forced into harsh living conditions. In 1886, ethnologist Albert Gatschet found the last known survivors of Coahuiltecan bands: 25 Comecrudo, 1 Cotoname, and 2 Pakawa Indians, Pakawa. They were living near Reynosa, Mexico, Reynosa, Mexico. The Coahuiltecan lived in the flat, brushy, dry country of northern Mexico and southern Texas, roughly south of a line from the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast at the mouth of the Guadalupe River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi ( ; ) is a Gulf Coast of the United States, coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County, Texas, Nueces County with portions extending into Aransas County, Texas, Aransas, Kleberg County, Texas, Kleberg, and San Patricio County, Texas, San Patricio counties. It is southeast of San Antonio and southwest of Houston. Its political boundaries encompass Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay. Its zoned boundaries include small land parcels or water inlets of three neighboring counties. The city's population was 316,239 in 2022, making it the List of cities in Texas by population, eighth-most populous city in Texas. The Corpus Christi metropolitan area had an estimated population of 442,600. It is also the hub of the six-county Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area, Corpus Christi-Kingsville combined statistical area, with a 2013 estimated population of 516,793. The Port of Corpus Christi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Corpus Christi
Lake Corpus Christi is a reservoir in coastal southern Texas. The lake was created by impoundment of the Nueces River by the Wesley E. Seale Dam opened in 1958. The lake and the dam that creates it are managed by the City of Corpus Christi. Lake Corpus Christi was originally known as Lake Lovenskiold. It is often referred to as Lake Mathis because of its location. Geography It is an artificial lake owned by the city of Corpus Christi, four miles southwest of Mathis on the Nueces River at the intersection of the Live Oak, San Patricio, and Jim Wells county lines (at 28°03' N, 97°52' W). The lake has a conservation surface area of 19,336 acres, a drainage area of 16,656 square miles, and a conservation storage capacity of 269,900 acre-feet. It serves as a source of municipal water supply. Wesley E. Seale Dam, a seventy-five-foot-high earthen dam, was engineered by Ambursen Engineering and constructed by Henry B. Zachry. The resulting lake submerged the old Mathis Dam. In 1934 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathis, Texas
Mathis is a city in San Patricio County, Texas, United States. Its population was 4,333 at the 2020 census. History In 1887, when the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad was laying tracks across San Patricio County, Thomas H. Mathis received naming rights when he donated for a townsite and school. Mathis and his brother J. M. Mathis, held in the vicinity. The brothers had dropped out of the Coleman, Mathis, Fulton Cattle Company in 1879. Thomas Mathis owned an additional around Mathis and built a fence enclosing the town. As late as 1906, Mathis was enclosed and arriving and departing trains had to be let in and out. Mathis' success was partially fueled by residents of Lagarto moving to be near the railroad. The Mathis post office opened in 1890, and the town's first school was held in a private residence in 1893. Two years later, a one-room school was built, and in 1913, a second railroad (the San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Pacific) arrived. Cotton and corn crops were rais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coastal Plain
A coastal plain (also coastal plains, coastal lowland, coastal lowlands) is an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a sea coast. A fall line commonly marks the border between a coastal plain and an upland area. Formation Coastal plains can form in one of two ways; some begin as a continental shelf, a flat piece of land located below sea level, and are created when the ocean level falls, exposing the land. Others develop when river currents carry sediment into the ocean, which is deposited and builds up over time until it forms a coastal plain. They are generally separated from the rest of the interior by proximate landforms, like mountains. Locations Some of the largest coastal plains are in Alaska and the southeastern United States. The Gulf Coastal Plain of North America extends northwards from the Gulf of Mexico along the Lower Mississippi River to the Ohio River, which is a distance of about . The Atlantic Coastal Plain runs from the New York Bight to Florida. The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frio River
The Frio River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The word ''frío'' is Spanish for ''cold'', a clear reference to the spring-fed coolness of the river. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: * Rio Frio * Arroyo Hondo * Rio Hondo * Rio Sarco Geography The Frio River has three primary tributaries; the East, West, and Dry Frio Rivers. The West Frio River rises from springs in northeastern Real County and joins with the East Frio River near the town of Leakey; the Dry Frio River joins northeast of Uvalde. The river flows generally southeast for 200 miles until it empties into the Nueces River south of the town of Three Rivers. Along the way, the Frio River provides water to the Choke Canyon Reservoir in McMullen and Live Oak Counties. Recreation The cool and consistent flow of the Frio River has made it a popular summertime destination. Garner State Park, on the river about south of Leakey and we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Oak County, Texas
Live Oak County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It was named for its native groves of live oak. George West is its county seat. Its population was 11,335 in the 2020 census. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (3.6%) is water. It is home to the Choke Canyon Reservoir. Major highways * Interstate 37 * U.S. Highway 59 ** Interstate 69W is currently under construction and will follow the current route of U.S. 59 in most places. * U.S. Highway 281 ** Interstate 69C is currently under construction and will follow the current route of U.S. 281 in most places south of George West. * SH 72 * FM 99 * FM 624 * FM 799 * FM 833 Adjacent counties * Karnes County (northeast) * Bee County (east) * San Patricio County (southeast) * Jim Wells County (south) * Duval County (southwest) * McMullen County (west) * Atascosa County (northwest) Demographics As of the census of 2000, there w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McMullen County, Texas
McMullen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 600, making it the fourth-least populous county in Texas. Its county seat is Tilden. The county was established from parts of Bexar County, Atascosa County, and Live Oak County in 1858 and later organized in 1877. It is named for John McMullen, founder of a colony in Texas. The McMullen County Courthouse was designed by the architect W.C. Stephenson, originally from Buffalo, New York. Stephenson also designed some 50 buildings in Beeville, including the Bee County Courthouse. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.5%) is water. Major highways * State Highway 16 * State Highway 72 * State Highway 97 * Farm to Market Road 99 * Farm to Market Road 624 * Farm to Market Road 791 * Farm to Market Road 1582 Adjacent counties * Atascosa County (north) * Live Oak County (east) * Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Salle County, Texas
La Salle County is a county in Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,664. Its county seat is Cotulla. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1880. It is named for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a 17th-century French explorer. History Early history The area of present-day La Salle County was occupied by the Coahuiltecan Indians until the 18th century, when they were squeezed out by the Spanish from the south and the Apache from the north. After the Mexican War of Independence, the Mexican government used land grants to encourage settlement, but very few settled in the area. By 1836, the area was entirely populated by Indians. Between the Texas Revolution and the Mexican War, the area of present-day La Salle County lay in the disputed area between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River. Desperadoes ruled the area, as neither the Mexican government nor the Republic of Texas could gain control. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo assigned the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimmit County, Texas
Dimmit County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,615. Its county seat is Carrizo Springs. The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1880. It is named after Philip Dimmitt, a major figure in the Texas Revolution. The spelling of the county name and the individual's name differ because of a spelling error in the bill creating the county name. History Native Americans Paleo-Indians artifacts indicate these people lived in Dimmit County as far back as 9200 BC. The archaic period (6000 BC to AD 1000) up to the arrival of the Spanish brought increased hunter-gatherers to the area. These Indians subsisted mostly on game, wild fruits, seeds, and roots. They carved tools from wood and stone, wove baskets, and sewed rabbitskin robes. They also made pottery and hunted with bows and arrows. Their most effective weapon was the ''atlatl'', a throwing stick that greatly increased the deadliness of their spears. Coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
