Rock Creek, Somervell County TX
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Rock Creek is a small rural community located near the junction of
Farm roads 56 and 202 about four miles southeast of Glen Rose in
southern Somervell County. The settlement was probably named for
nearby Rock Creek, and the Rock Creek School operated by the 1880s.
At that time the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church relocated to the
school building. Around the early 1900s the Lower Rock Creek School
and the Upper Rock Creek School served farming families in the
vicinity. By the 1930s the community had one elementary school, the
church, and a nearby cemetery. In the mid-1940s, with a total
attendance of less than twenty students, the Rock Creek School was
consolidated with the Glen Rose School District. The Baptist church
was officially renamed the Rock Creek Baptist Church in the 1950s,
and a new church building was constructed. It continued to operate
throughout the twentieth century. In 2000 Rock Creek had a
population of thirty-eight..
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ROCK CREEK (Somervell County). Rock Creek rises
one-half mile north of Seven Knobs in southeastern Somervell County
(at 32°10' N, 97°45' W) and runs northeast for 7½ miles to its mouth
on the Brazos River, two miles southeast of Glen Rose (at 32°13' N,
97°42' W). The creek crosses occasionally steeply sloping terrain
surfaced primarily with clay loams that support juniper, live oak,
and mesquite trees. Throughout the area's history, the region
drained by the stream has been used as rangeland.
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