Ottine, Texas
Ottine is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 90 in 2000.[1] It is home to Palmetto State Park which can accommodate approximately 500 daily campers.[2]
The mapped record of its area from 1856 indicates Ottine originally began as a former "Beaumont, Gonzales County, Texas" on the San Marcos River, northeast of what is now known-as Belmont, Texas on the Guadalupe River.[3]
Ottine is home to an urban legend surrounding a bigfoot-like humanoid "swamp thing".[4]
References[]
- ^ "Ottine, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ "Palmetto State Park". Texas Parks and Wildlife. Texas State Parks. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Creuzbaur, Robert. "J. De Cordova's Map Of The State Of Texas". David Rumsey Map Collection. J.H. Colton & Co. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Swamp Thing of Ottine: Your Friendly Neighborhood Bigfoot". Texas Hill Country. 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
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Coordinates: 29°35′53″N 97°35′03″W / 29.59806°N 97.58417°W
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- Unincorporated communities in Texas
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