McClellan Creek is a river in
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
.
Named after
George B. McClellan
George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, Civil War Union general, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McCl ...
, who with his future father-in-law,
Randolph B. Marcy, made a survey of the area in 1851–52, looking for a route for the
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...
.
[Carter, R.G., 1935, ''On the Border with Mackenzie'', Washington D.C.: Eynon Printing Co.]
See also
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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
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*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
Bodies of water of Carson County, Texas
Bodies of water of Gray County, Texas
Rivers of Texas
Tributaries of the Red River of the South
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