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McKinney Falls State Park is a state park in Austin, Texas, United States at the confluence of Onion Creek and Williamson Creek. It is administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department . The park opened on April 15, 1976 and is named after Thomas F. McKinney , a businessman, race horse breeder and rancher , who owned and lived on the land ...
McKinney Falls State Park: Travis 744.4 acres (301 ha) 1976 McKinney Falls State Park: Meridian State Park: Bosque 505.4 acres (204.5 ha) 1935 Meridian State Park: Mission Tejas State Park: Houston 660 acres (270 ha) 1957 Mission Tejas State Park: Monahans Sandhills State Park: Ward, Winkler 3,840 acres (1,550 ha) 1957 Monahans Sandhills State Park
The Smith Rock Shelter is a natural limestone overhang in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin, Texas. The shelter is believed to have been used by Native Americans from 500 BCE until the 18th century. The last known occupants were related to the Tonkawa. [1] It is accessible via the 0.8 mile round-trip Smith Rockshelter Trail in the park.
A flood warning was issued by the NWS Fort Worth TX on Thursday at 9 a.m. valid from Friday 11 a.m. until Saturday 3:01 a.m. Minor flooding is forecast for East Fork Trinity River at McKinney from ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Trinity County, Texas. There are four properties listed on the National Register in the county. Two properties are designated Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks including one that is also a State Antiquities Landmark.
McKinney Roughs Nature Park is a 1,140-acre (460 ha) nature park and archaeological site in Cedar Creek, Texas, United States. Located about 13 mi (21 km) east of Austin and next to the Colorado River , the park features 17.6 mi (28.3 km) of trails for hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding.
Native Americans around Collin County and North Texas included the Caddo, Comanche, Cherokee, Delaware, Kickapoo, and Tonkawa. [3] [4] Both the county and the county seat were named after Collin McKinney (1766-1861), [5] one of the five men who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest of the 59 men who signed it.
McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas, United States. [6] It is Collin County's third-largest city, after Plano and Frisco.A suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about 32 miles (51 km) north of Dallas.