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The Frio River has three primary tributaries; the East, West, and Dry Frio Rivers. 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 ...
Frio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 18,385. [1] The county seat is Pearsall. [2] The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1871. [3] Frio is named for the Frio River, whose name is Spanish for "cold". [4]
Red River: 7 0 Upper East: 195 Reeves 0 0 West Texas: 196 Refugio: 5 0 South Texas: 197 Roberts: 1 0 Gulf Coast: 198 Robertson: 5 0 Central: 199 Rockwall: 2 0 Metroplex: 200 Runnels: 4 0 Northwest: 201 Rusk: 7 0 Upper East: 202 Sabine: 2 0 Southeast: 203 San Augustine: 9 0 Southeast: 204 San Jacinto: 2 0 Southeast: 205 San Patricio: 5 0 South ...
Populated places in Frio County, Texas (3 C) Pages in category "Geography of Frio County, Texas" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
San Antonio de Béxar, the major presidio in Mexican Texas, named in turn for the San Antonio River and the Spanish viceroy's family, who were Dukes of Béjar in Spain: 2,087,679: 1,247 sq mi (3,230 km 2) Blanco County: 031: Johnson City: 1858: Burnet County, Comal County, Gillespie County and Hays County: The Blanco River. (Blanco is Spanish ...
Location of Frio County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Frio County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Frio County, Texas. There is one property listed on the National Register in the county.
1868: Theophilus Watkins, F. Smith and Newman Patterson construct a gravity flow irrigation canal from the Frio River that operates for a century. [7] [8] 1879: Indians attack and kill Jennie Coalson, wife of Nic Coalson, and two children at Half Moon Prairie. [9] 1881: Lipan Apaches strike the McLauren home at Buzzard's Roost in the Frio Canyon.
Anglo-American settlement of the area began in 1856 when John Leakey, his wife Nancy, and a few others settled near a spring along the banks of the Frio River. Shingles and lumber were produced from the abundant cypress and cedar trees. In its first few years, the community was a lonely outpost that was subject to frequent Indian raids, which ...