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SPRING CREEK, TEXAS

San Saba County, Texas Hill Country

Ranch Road 500
N of San Saba
About 10 Miles NE of Richland Springs
Population: 00020 (2000)

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Approaching Spring Creek
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2008

History in a Pecan Shell

Not much is known about settlement, but there was a school in operation in the early 1880s (if not earlier). A lady named Ledbetter opened a post office in her home in 1895 to serve local residents. It went by the name of Bomar (see postmark below), named after her parent’s surname. It closed in 1914.

The town today has a church, cemetery and a community center.

Neal Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2008
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Church of Christ
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2008
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Tabernacle
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2008

Shaded Outhouse
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, March 2008
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Postcard cancelled with Bomar / Spring Creek, TX 1908 postmark
Courtesy The John J. Germann Collection

San Saba County 1907 Postal Map showing Bomar (near Mills County line)
(From Texas state map #2090)
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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