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Bosque County, Texas - Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities

Feature Name

St

County Name

Type

Latitude
Longitude

Description

Submitters Name
E-mail address

Allen Bend

TX

Bosque

bend

315837N
0972347W

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USGS.............................................................

Arrs Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314904N
0973946W

 

USGS

Austin Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

314739N
0974805W

 

USGS

Bald Eagle Pad

TX

Bosque

airport

314752N
0972247W

 

USGS

Barry Branch

TX

Bosque

gut

320011N
0974729W

 

USGS

Barry Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

320048N
0974729W

 

USGS

Barton Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

313756N
0973307W

 

USGS

Bee Bluff

TX

Bosque

cliff

315615N
0972614W

 

USGS

Bee Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314837N
0973855W

 

USGS

Bee Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

320827N
0973019W

 

USGS

Bee Rock Flats

TX

Bosque

flat

314731N
0973830W

 

USGS

Big Bee Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314757N
0973906W

 

USGS

Big Lake

TX

Bosque

reservoir

320432N
0975110W

 

USGS

Boggy Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

314328N
0974435W

 

USGS

Boggy Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314334N
0974529W

 

USGS

Bosque

TX

Bosque

pop place

315117N
0973613W

 

USGS

Bosque County

TX

Bosque

civil

315400N
0973900W

 

USGS

Boyd Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

320017N
0975232W

 

USGS

Brazos Point

TX

Bosque

pop place

321113N
0973708W

 

USGS

Broke Rock

TX

Bosque

cliff

320946N
0972720W

 

USGS

Brown Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

315028N
0973908W

 

USGS

Bryants Landing Airport

TX

Bosque

airport

320341N
0974416W

 

USGS

Cade Field

TX

Bosque

airport

314553N
0974747W

 

USGS

Calvary Church

TX

Bosque

church

313636N
0973636W

 

USGS

Camfield Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

314844N
0974703W

 

USGS

Camp Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

320035N
0975701W

 

USGS

Cayote

TX

Bosque

pop place

314607N
0972726W

 

USGS

Cedar Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314716N
0971934W

 

USGS

Cedar Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

320231N
0974954W

 

USGS

Cedron Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

315716N
0972749W

 

USGS

Cedron Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

315745N
0973004W

 

USGS

Cedron Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

315650N
0972618W

 

USGS

Cedron Creek Park

TX

Bosque

locale

315752N
0972451W

 

USGS

Clifton

TX

Bosque

pop place

314656N
0973435W

 

USGS

Clifton Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314619N
0973422W

 

USGS

Coon Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

315058N
0972015W

 

USGS

Corn Gap

TX

Bosque

gap

320207N
0974415W

 

USGS

Cottonwood Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314408N
0972233W

 

USGS

Cox Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

320148N
0974017W

 

USGS

Cranfills Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314701N
0975021W

 

USGS

Cranfills Gap

TX

Bosque

pop place

314625N
0974932W

 

USGS

Cranfills Moutain

TX

Bosque

summit

314621N
0974951W

 

USGS

Crossroad Store

TX

Bosque

pop place

314402N
0973954W

 

USGS

Diamond Seven Ranch Airport

TX

Bosque

airport

320130N
0973735W

 

USGS

Dinner Hill

TX

Bosque

summit

320112N
0974548W

 

USGS

Dry Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

320008N
0972850W

 

USGS

Dry Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

321043N
0973702W

 

USGS

Duffau Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

315905N
0975310W

 

USGS

Dunlap Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

314921N
0974716W

 

USGS

Dunlap Hill

TX

Bosque

summit

314951N
0974656W

 

USGS

Dyes Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

315259N
0973821W

 

USGS

East Bosque River

TX

Bosque

stream

320013N
0974640W

 

USGS

East Flat Top Lake

TX

Bosque

reservoir

320319N
0974844W

 

USGS

Eisenhower Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

314335N
0972436W

 

USGS

Eulogy

TX

Bosque

locale

321012N
0973913W

 

USGS

Fairview Church

TX

Bosque

church

314727N
0972409W

 

USGS

Falls Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

315706N
0972735W

 

USGS

Farris Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

320132N
0973922W

 

USGS

Flag Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

320412N
0975013W

 

USGS

Flag Branch Lake

TX

Bosque

reservoir

320339N
0975124W

 

USGS

Flanary Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

320408N
0975325W

 

USGS

Flat Rock Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

321032N
0973609W

 

USGS

Flat Top Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314856N
0974853W

 

USGS

Flat Top Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

320238N
0974925W

 

USGS

Flat Top Ranch

TX

Bosque

locale

320444N
0974911W

 

USGS

Flat Top Ranch Airport

TX

Bosque

airport

320335N
0974741W

 

USGS

Flying B Ranch Airport

TX

Bosque

airport

315023N
0972421W

 

USGS

Frog Hollow

TX

Bosque

valley

320852N
0973342W

 

USGS

Fulton Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

320143N
0974657W

 

USGS

Gary Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314325N
0973707W

 

USGS

Gary Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314552N
0974430W

 

USGS

Gibson Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

315810N
0974311W

 

USGS

Gin Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

314434N
0973923W

 

USGS

Godager Hill

TX

Bosque

summit

314941N
0974615W

 

USGS

Golden Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314926N
0974036W

 

USGS

Gordon Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

320241N
097876W

Oldest marker is dated 1877. Land donated by George Gordon.

Charles Blakley
cblakley@flash.net

Greenock

TX

Bosque

pop place

314558N
0972043W

 

USGS

Hester Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

315937N
0974856W

 

USGS

Hester-Williamson Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

319901N
0978626W

Earliest marked grave is 1869. No public access, on the Herrin place.

Charles Blakley
cblakley@flash.net

Hill Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

321208N
0974015W

 

USGS

Hogan Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314420N
0972613W

 

USGS

Indian Lodge

TX

Bosque

locale

320631N
0972920W

 

USGS

Iredell

TX

Bosque

pop place

315906N
0975218W

 

USGS

Irrigation Lake

TX

Bosque

reservoir

320354N
0974951W

 

USGS

Jack Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

314211N
0974003W

 

USGS

Jackson Hill

TX

Bosque

summit

315050N
0975139W

 

USGS

Jenson Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314605N
0974750W

 

USGS

Johnson Peak

TX

Bosque

summit

315700N
0975216W

 

USGS

KWOW-FM (Clifton)

TX

Bosque

tower

314638N
0973600W

 

USGS

KWOW-FM (Clifton)

TX

Bosque

tower

314740N
0972717W

 

USGS

Kanz Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314119N
0973305W

 

USGS

Katy Bridge

TX

Bosque

bridge

315725N
0972359W

 

USGS

Katy Park

TX

Bosque

park

320317N
0974455W

 

USGS

Kay Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

315039N
0974155W

 

USGS

Kent

TX

Bosque

vanished community

unknown

Was located on the Brazos River at Kimball’s Bend, 1.5 miles below Kimball community, and near Lake Whitney in the northeastern corner of present Bosque County. The community began as a colony when the area of Bosque County was still part of Milam and McLennan counties. In 1850 English Universal Immigration Company, a British enterprise, bought 27,000 acres of land to establish a colony devoted to both agricultural and manufacturing endeavors. George Gatlin, the artist, may have been one of the promoters of the colony. Thirty English families, consisting of 125 people, arrived in the fall of 1850 and in January 1851. They founded a town called Kent. Five immigrating families soon abandoned the project and received individual headrights from the state. Although Sir Edward Belcher, special agent for the immigration company, attempted to attract more settlers, he failed. In 1852, Lieutenant Charles Finch Mackenzie, leader of the colony, and the other colonists abandoned the venture. Some colonists moved to Fort Graham, located across the river in Hill County, which was vacated by the army in November 1853. The town of Kent dissolved. In the 1970s only ruins of log houses were left at the site. Sources: Curtis Bishop, “Kent, Colony of,” The Handbook of Texas, Vol. 1 (Austin: TSHA, 1952), 949-950; “Fort Graham,” in The Handbook of Texas, Vol. 1 (Austin: TSHA, 1952), 626; Ed Bartholomew, 800 Texas Ghost Towns (Ft. Davis: Frontier Book Publishers, 1971), 56; 1998-1999 Texas Almanac, 153; See Dorothy Waties Renick, “The City of Kent,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 29 (1925-1926).

Julia Cauble Smith
cauble@apex2000.net

Kimball Bend

TX

Bosque

bend

320943N
0972854W

 

USGS

Kimball Bend Park

TX

Bosque

park

320724N
0972952W

 

USGS

King Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

315425N
0972439W

 

USGS

Kirby Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

315225N
0972825W

 

USGS

Kopperl

TX

Bosque

pop place

320411N
0973013W

 

USGS

Laguna Park

TX

Bosque

pop place

315133N
0972246W

 

USGS

Lakeside Village

TX

Bosque

pop place

320115N
0972937W

 

USGS

Lakewood Harbor

TX

Bosque

pop place

315413N
0972510W

 

USGS

Lanes Chapel

TX

Bosque

church

313959N
0973529W

 

USGS

Little Bee Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314810N
0973834W

 

USGS

Little C Ranch Heliport

TX

Bosque

airport

320049N
0975853W

 

USGS

Little Rocky Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

315210N
0972303W

 

USGS

Live Oak Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

313806N
0973204W

 

USGS

Llseng Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314539N
0974622W

 

USGS

Long Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

315424N
0972513W

 

USGS

Luth Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314734N
0974625W

 

USGS

Meridian

TX

Bosque

pop place

315523N
0973923W

 

USGS

Meridian Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314833N
0973605W

 

USGS

Meridian State Park

TX

Bosque

locale

315328N
0974205W

 

USGS

Mermaid Swimming Pool

TX

Bosque

locale

314645N
0973352W

 

USGS

Mesquite Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

320146N
0972916W

 

USGS

Midway Store

TX

Bosque

locale

315037N
0974438W

 

USGS

Montgomery Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

315252N
0973720W

 

USGS

Morgan

TX

Bosque

pop place

320107N
0973629W

 

USGS

Morgan Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

320010N
0973643W

 

USGS

Morgan Lakeside Park

TX

Bosque

park

320118N
0972927W

 

USGS

Mosheim

TX

Bosque

pop place

313734N
0973559W

 

USGS

Mustang Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314806N
0974603W

 

USGS

Mustang Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

320330N
0974812W

 

USGS

Mustang Lake

TX

Bosque

reservoir

320423N
0974751W

 

USGS

Negrohead Bluff

TX

Bosque

cliff

320904N
0973411W

 

USGS

Neils Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314159N
0973143W

 

USGS

New Iredell Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

315848N
0975125W

 

USGS

Norman Hill

TX

Bosque

summit

314306N
0973924W

 

USGS

Norse Gold Mine

TX

Bosque

mine

314517N
0974023W

 

USGS

Norse Hill

TX

Bosque

summit

314547N
0974003W

 

USGS

North Fork Hill Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

320822N
0974219W

 

USGS

Norway Hill

TX

Bosque

summit

314125N
0973908W

 

USGS

Norway Mill Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314152N
0973923W

 

USGS

Number Six Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

315200N
0974737W

 

USGS

Oak Grove Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

320300N
0974430W

 

USGS

Old Lake

TX

Bosque

reservoir

320428N
0974852W

 

USGS

Old Norway Mill

TX

Bosque

locale

314135N
0973922W

 

USGS

Old Valley Mills Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314024N
0972822W

 

USGS

Olde Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

313759N
0973103W

 

USGS

Oswald Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314853N
0973440W

 

USGS

Our Saviors Church

TX

Bosque

church

314621N
0974041W

 

USGS

Ownsby Lake

TX

Bosque

reservoir

320220N
0974652W

 

USGS

Parrish Airstrip

TX

Bosque

airport

314740N
0974626W

 

USGS

Pendell

TX

Bosque

pop place

314249N
0973228W

 

USGS

Pendell Pumping Station

TX

Bosque

locale

314125N
0973144W

 

USGS

Pilot Knob

TX

Bosque

summit

315549N
0973558W

 

USGS

Plowman Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

320351N
0972931W

 

USGS

Plowman Creek Park

TX

Bosque

park

320412N
0972936W

 

USGS

Pocock Airport

TX

Bosque

airport

314356N
0972208W

 

USGS

Polnac Lake

TX

Bosque

reservoir

320508N
0975015W

 

USGS

Powelldale Mountains

TX

Bosque

summit

320138N
0972958W

 

USGS

Proffitt Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

315449N
0975715W

 

USGS

Rattlesnake Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314603N
0974842W

 

USGS

Rattlesnake Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314626N
0974305W

 

USGS

Raymond Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

320319N
0972934W

 

USGS

Riverside Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

31.98454
-97.87234

Located west of the Baptist Church in Iredell. First burial dated 1870.

Charles Blakley
cblakley@flash.net

Robinson Bluff

TX

Bosque

cliff

320627N
0972908W

 

USGS

Rock Springs

TX

Bosque

pop place

314109N
0972459W

 

USGS

Rock Springs Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

313953N
0972432W

 

USGS

Rocky Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

315301N
0972325W

 

USGS

Rogstad Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314614N
0974632W

 

USGS

Round Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314752N
0974000W

 

USGS

Russell Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

320306N
0974244W

 

USGS

Saint Pauls Church

TX

Bosque

church

314659N
0973122W

 

USGS

Schumacher Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

315045N
0973619W

 

USGS

Searsville Church

TX

Bosque

church

313928N
0973018W

 

USGS

Sheek Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314500N
0971741W

 

USGS

Shoal Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314140N
0973227W

 

USGS

Smiths Bend

TX

Bosque

pop place

314948N
0971815W

 

USGS

Smiths Bend

TX

Bosque

bend

314954N
0971838W

 

USGS

Smiths Bend-Coon Creek Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314943N
0972034W

 

USGS

Soldiers Bluff

TX

Bosque

cliff

315137N
0972214W

 

USGS

Soldiers Bluff Park

TX

Bosque

park

315149N
0972214W

 

USGS

South Flat Top Lake

TX

Bosque

reservoir

320131N
0975003W

 

USGS

South Fork Hill Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

320821N
0974219W

 

USGS

South Fork Rocky Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

315214N
0972438W

 

USGS

South Prong Coon Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314908N
0972155W

 

USGS

Spencer Hollow

TX

Bosque

valley

315008N
0974803W

 

USGS

Spencer Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

315156N
0975006W

 

USGS

Spring Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314805N
0974219W

 

USGS

Spring Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

320857N
0973402W

 

USGS

Spring Creek Church

TX

Bosque

church

315351N
0974936W

 

USGS

Spring Creek Gap

TX

Bosque

gap

315451N
0975314W

 

USGS

Stanifer Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

315250N
0973724W

 

USGS

Steele Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

320008N
0972612W

 

USGS

Steele Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

320000N
0973528W

 

USGS

Steele Creek Park

TX

Bosque

park

320035N
0972639W

 

USGS

Steiner Church

TX

Bosque

church

315830N
0972715W

 

USGS

Stiffy Hollow

TX

Bosque

valley

315126N
0974539W

 

USGS

Sugarloaf Mountain

TX

Bosque

summit

314506N
0974104W

 

USGS

Sunset Home

TX

Bosque

building

314633N
0973510W

 

USGS

Terrell Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314250N
0973411W

 

USGS

The Rock Church

TX

Bosque

church

314730N
0974625W

 

USGS

Thiele Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

314416N
0972938W

 

USGS

Thompson Hollow

TX

Bosque

valley

314019N
0972847W

 

USGS

Toms Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

315608N
0973016W

 

USGS

Tuggle Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

320720N
0973615W

 

USGS

Turkey Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314334N
0973513W

 

USGS

Valley Mills

TX

Bosque

pop place

313933N
0972819W

 

USGS

Valley Mills Cemetery

TX

Bosque

cemetery

313946N
0972840W

 

USGS

Walker Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

315919N
0975021W

 

USGS

Walling Bend

TX

Bosque

bend

315350N
0972302W

 

USGS

Walling Bend Park

TX

Bosque

locale

315344N
0972336W

 

USGS

Walnut Springs

TX

Bosque

pop place

320327N
0974457W

 

USGS

Willow Creek

TX

Bosque

stream

314337N
0972147W

 

USGS

Willow Springs Church

TX

Bosque

church

320043N
0974444W

 

USGS

Womack

TX

Bosque

pop place

315013N
0972945W

 

USGS

Womack Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

314706N
0972759W

 

USGS

Womack Hall

TX

Bosque

locale

314830N
0973028W

 

USGS

Yearling Branch

TX

Bosque

stream

320843N
0973548W

 

USGS

 

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