Bitter Creek, Texas

Bitter Creek is a ghost town in Nolan County, Texas, United States. Its location is not known, as the community no longer exists.{{GNIS|2034618}}(dead link)

History

Bitter Creek was settled in the early 1880s by the Bardwell and Montgomery families. Bitter Creek is thought to have been located south of present-day Sweetwater, in northeastern Nolan County.{{cite web|title=Texas Historical Association|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvb63|accessdate=13 April 2011}} In 1923, oil was discovered in Bitter Creek. By the 1950s, its population declined to only five residents.

References

Category:Geography of Nolan County, Texas

Category:Ghost towns in West Texas