Hill Country Creeks

The Texas Hill Country has innumerable creeks, which flow into the major rivers. These creeks provided essential water supplies for the early settlers, and some of them provided power for sawmills and grist mills.

County	Creek	Description
Bandera	Privilege Creek	Privilege Creek rises twelve miles northeast of Bandera in southeastern Kerr County and flows past Polly's Chapel near the town of Pipe Creek in Bandera County.
Comal	Cypress Creek - Kendall and Comal Counties	Cypress Creek in Kendall and Comal Counties originates west of US 281 approximately two miles south-southeast of the Twin Sisters Mountains. It flows in a southerly direction and crosses US 281 about one quarter mile south of the intersection with Knibbe Road, and enters the Guadalupe River approximately one-half mile east of the point where the Guadalupe River crosses US 281.
Kendall	Big Joshua Creek	Joshua Creek rises in two branches in southwestern Kendall County. Big Joshua Creek originates just west of Turkey Knob and runs northeast for thirteen miles to its mouth on the Guadalupe River, three miles east of Waring.
Kendall	Block Creek	Block Creek originates in northwestern Kendall County near the Bat Tunnel on the Old San Antonio Road, and flows in a southerly direction, crossing Old Number 9 and FM-473 before emptying into the Guadalupe River east of Comfort. The Block Creek Valley is of considerable historialc importance to the area, containing Alfred Giles’ Hillingdon Ranch, the site of the old town of Block Creek, and part of the western branch of the Pinta Trail.
Kendall	Curry Creek	Curry Creek rises in three branches in east central Kendall County and runs southeast fifteen miles, crossing FM-473 and FM 3351, until it joins Simmons Creek to its mouth on the Guadalupe River, in western Comal County. Curry Creek was named for an early settler on its banks.
Kendall	Dry Creek	Dry Creek originates in northeast Kendall County and flows in a southerly direction, joining Curry Creek shortly after crossing FM-473.
Kendall	East Sister Creek	East Sister Creek originates in north-central Kendall County east of FM -1376. From there it flows south to Sisterdale, where it joins the West Sister Creek just before emptying into the Guadalupe where FM-1376 crosses the river.
Kendall	Holiday Creek	Holiday Creek rises six miles south of Comfort in western Kendall County, and runs northeast for five miles to its mouth on the Guadalupe River. It crosses IH-10 near its midpoint, just a few miles south of Comfort.
Kendall	Little Joshua Creek	Joshua Creek rises in two branches in southwestern Kendall County. Little Joshua Creek begins five miles west of Nelson City and runs northeast for 8½ miles. to its mouth on the Guadalupe River, three miles east of Waring. It joins Big Joshua Creek where it crosses Hein Road.
Kendall	Rawls Creek	Rawls Creek originates in northeast Kendall County and flows in a southerly direction, joining the Guadalupe River shortly after crossing FM-473.
Kendall	Sabinas Creek	The Sabinas Creek is mentioned in several historical sources as being crossed in the 1840s and 1850s by the road to Fredericksburg. It originates east of FM 1376 approximately four miles north of Boerne, and flows in a northeasterly direction for approximately eight miles before emptying into the Guadalupe River just west Amman’s Crossing where the Guadalupe is crossed by FM 474.
Kendall	Shepherd Creek	Shepherd Creek originates in northeast Kendall County and flows in a southerly direction, joining Curry Creek shortly after crossing FM-473.
Kendall	Spring Creek	Spring Creek is mentioned in several historical sources as being crossed in the 1840s and 1850s by the road to Fredericksburg. It originates three miles northeast of Boerne in southern Kendall County, and flows in a northeasterly direction for approximately nine miles before emptying into the Guadalupe River at a point six miles north of Pleasant Valley.
Kendall	Wasp Creek	Wasp Creek flows from its origins in a canyon on the north side of Sabinas Mountain, and empties into the Guadalupe River several miles northwest of Amman’s Crossing. Wasp Creek was named for an unfortunate when an early surveyor named George Erath discovered a wasp nest and mistook it for a beehive.
Kendall	West Sister Creek	West Sister Creek originates in north-central Kendall County not far from the Bat Tunnel and Bankersmith on the Old San Antonio Road. From there it flows south to Sisterdale, where it joins the East Sister Creek just before emptying into the Guadalupe where FM-1376 crosses the river.
Kerr	Cypress Creek	Cypress Creek originates in Kerr County and flows into the Guadalupe River at Comfort in Kendall County.
Llano	Baby Head Creek	Babyhead Creek originates near the Babyhead Mountains, a line of rough granite hills nine to eleven miles north of the town of Llano in Llano County, Texas.

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Compiled from various sources by

Joe Cooper

Kendall County, Texas

Created: September 24, 2009

Updated: August 21, 2010