Limpia Creek, originally known as the Rio Limpia, is a stream that heads in
Jeff Davis County, Texas
Jeff Davis County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,996. Its county seat is Fort Davis. The county is named for Jefferson Davis, who served as the 23rd United States Secretary of War in the 1 ...
and its mouth is in
Pecos County, Texas
Pecos County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 15,193. The county seat is Fort Stockton. The county was created in 1871 and organized in 1875.. By Glenn Justice and John Leffler. Retri ...
. Limpa is the Spanish word for "clear or clean water". The creek has its head in the
Davis Mountains
The Davis Mountains, originally known as Limpia Mountains, are a range of mountains in West Texas, located near Fort Davis, after which they are named. The fort was named for then United States Secretary of War and later Confederate President J ...
at an elevation of 7,160 feet, at location on the northeast slope of
Mount Livermore. The creek flows 42 miles down
Limpia Canyon past
Fort Davis and
Wild Rose Pass to the canyon mouth, where it turns eastward to its mouth at its confluence with
Barrilla Draw, where it disappears into the ground at an elevation of .
History
Limpia Creek was a water and forage stop on the
San Antonio-El Paso Road for freighters, and stage companies like the
San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line that had a stop at a camp 32 miles west of
Hackberry Pond and 18.86 miles from Fort Davis. The
Butterfield Overland Mail
Butterfield Overland Mail (officially the Overland Mail Company)Waterman L. Ormsby, edited by Lyle H. Wright and Josephine M. Bynum, "The Butterfield Overland Mail", The Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1991. was a stagecoach service i ...
located their
Limpia Station near the mouth
Limpia Canyon 18 miles from Fort Davis, 10 miles west of
Barela Springs Station farther down Limpia Creek.
List of Stations from New York Times, October 14 1858, Itinerary of the Route
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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 ...
References
Bodies of water of Jeff Davis County, Texas
Bodies of water of Pecos County, Texas
Pecos River
Rivers of Texas
San Antonio–El Paso Road
San Antonio–San Diego Mail Line
Butterfield Overland Mail in Texas
Stagecoach stops in the United States
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