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The Nueces with a low water level through Cotulla, the seat of La Salle County, Texas. The Nueces River (/ nj u ˈ eɪ s ɪ s / new-AY-siss; Spanish: Río Nueces, IPA: [ˈri.o ˈnweses]) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about 315 miles (507 km) long. [1] It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico.
Nueces River (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Rivers of Uvalde County, Texas" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Turkey Creek, near Cline, Texas in western Uvalde County, [2] was a watering stop and crossing place on the San Antonio-El Paso Road 9.04 miles west of crossing on the Nueces River and 15.23 miles from its crossing of Elm Creek. [3]
The Nueces Strip or Wild Horse Desert is the area of South Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. [1]According to the narrative of Spanish missionary Juan Agustín Morfi, there were so many wild horses swarming in the Nueces Strip in 1777 "that their trails make the country, utterly uninhabited by people, look as if it were the most populated in the world".
The Nueces River (Nueces is Spanish for "nuts") 352,289: 836 sq mi (2,165 km 2) Ochiltree County: 357: Perryton: 1876: Bexar County: William Beck Ochiltree (1811–1867), secretary of the treasury for the Republic of Texas and legislator for the state of Texas 9,704: 918 sq mi (2,378 km 2) Oldham County: 359: Vega: 1876: Bexar County
Uvalde County marker A scene of the Texas Hill Country in northern Uvalde County Texas State Highway 55 as it meanders through scenic northwestern Uvalde County near the Nueces River. In November 1855, Reading Wood Black successfully lobbied the Texas Legislature to organize Uvalde County. [10] On May 12, the county was formally organized.
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.
Nueces River in Texas. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. T. Tributaries of the Nueces River (5 P) Pages in category "Nueces River"