King's Creek is a
creek
A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet.
Creek may also refer to:
People
* Creek people, also known as Muscogee, Native Americans
...
in
Rockwall and
Kaufman
Kaufman or Kauffman may refer to:
People
*Kaufmann (surname) ''Includes Kaufman, Kauffman, Kauffmann''
Places
* Kaufman, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Madison Count
* Kaufman, Texas, a city in Kaufman County
* Kaufman County, Texas, ...
counties in
Texas
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.
Course
King's Creek flows from central Rockwall County south past
US 80
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,
I—20,
US 175
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, and
SH 274 into
Cedar Creek Lake, a
reservoir
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Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
near
Kemp Kemp may refer to:
Places
* Kemp, Illinois
* Kemp, Ohio
* Kemp, Oklahoma
* Kemp, Texas
* Kemp Land and Kemp Coast, Antarctica
* Kemp Town, a 19th-century estate in East Sussex, England
* Kemps Corner, place in India
People
* Kemp (surname)
* Ke ...
.
Before being dammed, it flowed into
Cedar Creek, which is a tributary of the
Trinity River.
See also
*
List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers acc ...
Rivers of Texas
Trinity River (Texas)
Rivers of Kaufman County, Texas
Rivers of Rockwall County, Texas
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