Village Creek (Tarrant County) Texas
Village Creek is a tributary creek of the West Fork of the Trinity river in Tarrant and Johnson county, Texas, USA.[1][2] It is the main inflow of Lake Arlington. It is approximately 23 miles (37 km) long. Its watershed is approximately 143 square miles (370 km2).[3]
History[]
On 24 May 1841, the "Battle of Village Creek" occurred, in which a group of seventy men (including some Texas Rangers) under the command of Edward H. Tarrant, attacked three American Indian encampments along the creek.[4] A monument to this battle was erected at the nearby town of Handley in 1936.[5]
The work Springs of Texas notes that Tarrant attacked the communities while the Indian men were out hunting buffalo, and massacred women and children there.[6]
Course[]
Its headwaters are in northern Johnson County, near Heiney Ranch Rd and FM 802 in Burleson. Flowing in a generally northerly direction through Burleson, it is joined by from the west in Chisenhall Park, and turns northeasterly. joins from the west near I-35W and E Renfro Street. flows in near the Johnson and Tarrant County line. The creek flows northward and is joined from the west by . Continuing north and northeast it enters Timberview Park from the south. Farther north it flows through Kennedale and enters Lake Arlington from the south just north of I-20 in Fort Worth. The last portion flows from Lake Arlington northerly through Village Creek Historical Area (and park) in Arlington, site of a battle. Following NW Green Oaks road it converges with the West Fork of the Trinity River.
Tributaries[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Village Creek (Tarrant County) Texas
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Google Maps - ^ [1] Texas Parks and Wildlife Summary Retrieved:06/30/2015
- ^ Julia Kathryn Garrett (31 May 2013). Fort Worth: A Frontier Triumph. TCU Press. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-0-87565-526-0.
- ^ Deloris Kay Curtis-Ward (1 December 2008). Pioneer Settlers of New Mexico Territory: The Journeys of a Tough and Resilient People. AuthorHouse. pp. 52–. ISBN 978-1-4678-4058-3.
- ^ Gunnar M. Brune; Helen C. Besse (2002). Springs of Texas. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 420–. ISBN 978-1-58544-196-9.
- ^ "TSHA | Quil Miller Creek". www.tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ "Google Map". Google Maps. Google.
Coordinates: 32°46′34″N 97°09′00″W / 32.77611°N 97.15000°W
- Rivers of Texas
- Tarrant County, Texas