Nickel Creek, Texas
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Nickel Creek, also known as Nickel Creek Station, is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Culberson County, Texas Culberson County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 2,188. The county seat is Van Horn, Texas, Van Horn. Culberson County was founded in 1 ...
, United States. According to the
Handbook of Texas The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...
, the community had a population of 2 in 2005.


Geography

Nickel Creek is located at the intersection of U.S. Routes 62 and
180 __NOTOC__ Year 180 ( CLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rusticus and Condianus (or, less frequently, year 933 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 180 ...
, north of Van Horn and northeast of Pine Springs in northwestern Culberson County. It is near
Guadalupe Peak Guadalupe Peak, also known as Signal Peak, is the highest natural point in Texas, with an elevation of above sea level. It is located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and is part of the Guadalupe Mountains range in southeastern New Mexico ...
.


Education

Today, the community is served by the
Culberson County-Allamoore Independent School District Culberson County-Allamoore Independent School District is a public school district based in Van Horn, Texas, Van Horn, Texas (United States, USA). The district serves all of Culberson County, Texas, Culberson County, and eastern portions of Hud ...
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References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Culberson County, Texas