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The Navasota River is a river in east
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
, United States. It is about 125 miles (201 km) long, beginning near Mount CalmNAVASOTA RIVER, from Hand Book of Texas Online
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at a point where Brazos,
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counties converge.''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary,'' Third Edition, p. 794


Name

The river has been known by several names. The indigenous people called it the Nabasoto,
Domingo Terán de los Ríos Domingo Terán de los Ríos served as the first governor of Texas from 1691 to 1692. He also governed Coahuila, in the modern-day Mexico. Previous service Terán served the Spanish crown in Peru for two decades. He came to Mexico in 1681 as a ...
called it San Cypriano, Fray
Isidro Félix de Espinosa Isidro Félix de Espinosa (1679–1755) was a Franciscan missionary from New Spain who participated in several expeditionary missions throughout the province of Tejas (modern Texas). He was the president of the missionaries from the College of ...
called it the San Buenaventura, and in 1727, Pedro de Rivera y Villalón named it the Navasota.


Lakes

The Navasota River is dammed to form several lakes, including Lake Mexia, Springfield Lake, Joe Echols Lake, Lake Groesbeck, Lake Limestone, and Lake Fort Parker in
Fort Parker State Park Fort Parker State Park is a Texas state park near Mexia and to Limestone County seat Groesbeck, Texas. The city of Mexia and three local landowners donated the land creating the park in 1935. From 1935 to 1942, Civilian Conservation Corps Compa ...
.


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 ...
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Navasota, Texas Navasota is a city in Grimes County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,643 at the 2020 census. In 2005, the Texas Legislature designated Navasota as the "Blues Capital of Texas" in honor of the late Mance Lipscomb, a Navasota native an ...


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References

*''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary,'' Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997. Rivers of Texas Brazos River Rivers of Brazos County, Texas Rivers of Grimes County, Texas Rivers of Washington County, Texas Rivers of Madison County, Texas Rivers of Hill County, Texas Rivers of Limestone County, Texas Rivers of Leon County, Texas Rivers of Robertson County, Texas {{Texas-river-stub