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Bitter Creek

Ghost town · Nolan County, Texas

Lake Trammell quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000)
Lake Trammell quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bitter Creek is a ghost town in Nolan County, Texas, recorded as human settlement in United States of America. It is the only former community in Nolan County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bitter Creek as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 32.3100° N, 100.4000° W.

Key facts

Elevation2,541 ft
Nearest living townSweetwater, TX
Distance to it11 miles
Coordinates32.31000, -100.40000

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What's there now

Bitter Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sweetwater, TX (population 10,484), about 11 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,541 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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