Rancheros Creek is a tributary
stream of the
Sabinal River, in
Medina County and
Uvalde County, Texas
Uvalde County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,564. Its county seat is Uvalde. The county was created in 1850 and organized in 1856. It is named for Juan de Ugalde, the Spanish gov ...
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Rancheros Creek runs 26 miles from its source in hills 10 miles south of Uvalde, Texas.
It runs southeast for a few miles being joined from the left bank by
Comanche Creek, then to
Comanche Waterhole
The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ ( com, Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") are a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in L ...
where it has its confluence with
Little Comanche Creek before turning to the southwest and running to its confluence with the Sabinal River, four miles south of
Sabinal. Midway on this reach of the creek
Elm Creek joins it from the right bank southeast of Sabinal.
Rancheros 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.
[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.]
See also
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List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers acc ...
References
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Rivers of Texas
Rivers of Uvalde County, Texas
Bodies of water of Medina County, Texas
San Antonio–El Paso Road
San Antonio–San Diego Mail Line
Stagecoach stops in the United States