Sterling County, Texas, Landmarks & Vanished Communities
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Feature Name | Type | Latitude, Longitude | Description | Source |
Alvie Cole Ranch | locale | 31.640278, -100.967778 | | USGS |
Alvie Cole Ranch Airport | airport | 31.643611, -100.969444 | | USGS |
Big Red Tank | reservoir | 32.056111, -100.925278 | | USGS |
Bobs Creek | stream | 31.815278, -101.191389 | | USGS |
Bobs Creek Ranch | locale | 31.836667, -101.216389 | | USGS |
Bodcaw Draw | valley | 31.830000, -100.970833 | | USGS |
Boone Windmill | locale | 32.027500, -101.189444 | | USGS |
Broome | pop place | 31.759444, -100.836944 | | USGS |
Buck Tank | reservoir | 32.070833, -100.915556 | | USGS |
Bull Pasture Windmill | locale | 31.702500, -101.136667 | | USGS |
Caliche Tank | reservoir | 32.050833, -100.899722 | | USGS |
Catclaw Tank | reservoir | 32.029444, -100.870556 | | USGS |
Cedar Tank | reservoir | 32.058611, -100.873889 | | USGS |
Cedar Windmill | locale | 32.033889, -101.130833 | | USGS |
Chalk Creek | stream | 31.871389, -101.070556 | | USGS |
Challenge Windmill | locale | 32.027222, -101.171667 | | USGS |
China Draw | valley | 31.773333, -100.860833 | | USGS |
Clark Oil Field | oilfield | 31.688611, -100.868333 | | USGS |
Cobb Draw | valley | 31.836389, -101.030000 | | USGS |
Cole Ranch | locale | 31.977500, -101.201944 | | USGS |
Coleman Windmill | locale | 32.046944, -101.186389 | | USGS |
Corral Tank | reservoir | 32.074167, -100.915000 | | USGS |
Cosby Spring | spring | 31.876944, -100.761667 | | USGS |
County Line Tank | reservoir | 32.084167, -100.864722 | | USGS |
Cox Hollow | valley | 31.776667, -100.902778 | | USGS |
Crawford Slide | cliff | 31.993333, -100.850833 | | USGS |
Cumble Draw | valley | 31.756667, -101.032222 | | USGS |
Davis Windmill | locale | 32.017222, -101.191667 | | USGS |
Dempster Windmill | locale | 32.016389, -100.964167 | | USGS |
Divide Windmill | locale | 32.001111, -100.963333 | | USGS |
Dobson Creek | stream | 31.935278, -101.177500 | | USGS |
Dobson Draw | valley | 31.925833, -101.229722 | | USGS |
Doodle Bug Windmill | locale | 32.056389, -101.214167 | | USGS |
Double Tank | reservoir | 32.039722, -100.955556 | | USGS |
Double Tanks | reservoir | 32.021389, -100.857778 | | USGS |
Dripping Springs Draw | valley | 31.715278, -101.057778 | | USGS |
Durham Oil Field | oilfield | 31.815556, -101.025833 | | USGS |
East Trap Tank | reservoir | 32.065833, -100.872222 | | USGS |
East Windmill | locale | 32.016389, -100.940556 | | USGS |
Edwards Cemetery | cemetery | 31.713611, -101.235556 | | USGS |
Elliott Well | well | 31.908889, -100.929167 | | USGS |
Finley Windmill | locale | 32.053889, -101.129444 | | USGS |
Foster Cemetery | cemetery | 31.763611, -101.014444 | | USGS |
Foster Ranch | locale | 31.775278, -101.025556 | | USGS |
Gap, The | gap | 32.034722, -100.931944 | | USGS |
Garden Windmill | locale | 32.050000, -101.163333 | | USGS |
Gardener Draw | valley | 31.951944, -101.188333 | | USGS |
Garrett Windmill | locale | 31.885278, -100.951111 | | USGS |
Gasconades Tank | reservoir | 32.030833, -100.853333 | | USGS |
Glass Ranch | locale | 31.793333, -101.246389 | | USGS |
Happy Windmill | locale | 32.045000, -101.153056 | | USGS |
Harvey Martin Tank | reservoir | 32.086111, -100.851944 | | USGS |
Hay Hollow | valley | 31.544167, -101.127500 | | USGS |
Heifer Creek | stream | 32.075833, -100.788056 | | USGS |
Herrell Oil Field | oilfield | 31.809167, -101.238611 | | USGS |
Horse Pasture Tank | reservoir | 32.080000, -100.890000 | | USGS |
Jackson Tank | reservoir | 32.083611, -101.159722 | | USGS |
James Hollow | valley | 31.754444, -101.010556 | | USGS |
John W Tank | reservoir | 32.069167, -100.928056 | | USGS |
Lacy Creek | stream | 31.844722, -101.054167 | | USGS |
Little Bobs Creek | stream | 31.815278, -101.191389 | | USGS |
Little Mulberry Creek | stream | 31.665833, -100.883889 | | USGS |
Lolanthe Cemetery | cemetery | 32.045556, -101.020278 | | USGS |
MacKenzie Draw | valley | 31.832222, -100.959167 | | USGS |
McClure Ranch | locale | 31.736111, -100.990833 | | USGS |
McEntire Ranch | locale | 31.897500, -101.131944 | | USGS |
McEntires Lazy V Ranch Airport | airport | 31.830556, -101.055833 | | USGS |
McGill Ranch | locale | 31.575556, -101.060000 | | USGS |
McWhorter Mountain | summit | 32.030833, -100.895833 | | USGS |
McWhorter Mountain Tank | reservoir | 32.034167, -100.880278 | | USGS |
Middle Seamen Tank | reservoir | 32.066667, -100.948611 | | USGS |
Middle Tank | reservoir | 32.043611, -100.945000 | | USGS |
Model A Windmill | locale | 31.585000, -101.245556 | | USGS |
Monitor Windmill | locale | 32.043611, -101.113056 | | USGS |
Montvale Cemetery | cemetery | 31.810278, -100.939722 | | USGS |
Mountain Tank | reservoir | 32.023889, -100.924444 | | USGS |
New Boatright Tank | reservoir | 32.077222, -100.931667 | | USGS |
New McWhorter Tank | reservoir | 32.041111, -100.878889 | | USGS |
North Gasconades Creek | stream | 32.053889, -100.812222 | | USGS |
North Tank | reservoir | 32.025278, -100.840833 | | USGS |
North Windmill | locale | 32.056944, -101.175833 | | USGS |
Northeast Boatright Tank | reservoir | 32.086667, -100.903333 | | USGS |
Northeast Seamen Tank | reservoir | 32.068333, -100.911944 | | USGS |
Northwest McWhorter Tank | reservoir | 32.057500, -100.886944 | | USGS |
Northwest Seamen Tank | reservoir | 32.073333, -100.957778 | | USGS |
Old Boatright Tank | reservoir | 32.081111, -100.913889 | | USGS |
Old McWhorter Tank | reservoir | 32.061389, -100.868333 | | USGS |
Parochial Bade Oil Field | oilfield | 31.806111, -101.158056 | | USGS |
Patsy Windmill | locale | 32.061111, -101.158611 | | USGS |
Perry Windmill | locale | 32.032500, -101.152778 | | USGS |
Phillip Windmill | locale | 32.074167, -101.174722 | | USGS |
Pierce Canyon | valley | 31.975000, -100.826667 | | USGS |
Powell Sheep Camp | locale | 32.029722, -100.905278 | | USGS |
Powell Tank | reservoir | 32.057500, -100.861111 | | USGS |
Reed Ranch | locale | 31.892222, -101.053056 | | USGS |
Reed Ranch | locale | 31.972222, -101.221667 | | USGS |
Rockwater Hole | lake | 32.017778, -101.150278 | | USGS |
Round Top | summit | 31.815556, -100.994722 | | USGS |
Sand Bluff Draw | valley | 31.925833, -101.176111 | | USGS |
Santa Fe Ranch | locale | 31.663056, -101.046667 | | USGS |
Shack Ranch | locale | 31.754722, -101.167778 | | USGS |
Snake Mountain | summit | 32.053889, -100.849722 | | USGS |
Snake Mountain Tank | reservoir | 32.051389, -100.836944 | | USGS |
South Gasconades Creek | stream | 32.053611, -100.812222 | | USGS |
Southeast Antelope Tank | reservoir | 32.072500, -100.864444 | | USGS |
Southwest Peter Lake Tank | reservoir | 32.072222, -100.861389 | | USGS |
Spring Tank | reservoir | 32.084444, -101.200278 | | USGS |
Sterling City | pop place | 31.836111, -100.984444 | | USGS |
Sterling County | civil | 31.833333, -101.050000 | | USGS |
Sterling Creek | stream | 31.808889, -100.953056 | | USGS |
V and J Ranch Airport | airport | 31.913889, -101.069722 | | USGS |
Westfall Draw | valley | 32.047778, -100.796111 | | USGS |
Willow Creek | stream | 31.883056, -101.076389 | | USGS |
Willow Net Tank | reservoir | 32.076944, -100.957500 | | USGS |
Wilson Pasture Windmill | locale | 31.684444, -101.161389 | | USGS |