Pecan Bayou is a slow-moving stream in
Callahan County, Texas
Callahan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,708. Its county seat is Baird. The county was founded in 1858 and later organized in 1877. It is named for James Hughes Callahan, an Am ...
. The stream is fed by over twenty creeks and is one of the major
tributaries
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of the
Colorado River
The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid drainage basin, watershed that encompasses parts of ...
in
Texas
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. It may be the westernmost bayou in the
United States
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. A
dam
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on Pecan Bayou seven miles north of
Brownwood forms
Lake Brownwood
Lake Brownwood is a reservoir on Jim Ned Creek and Pecan Bayou in Brown County, Texas, United States. After a devastating flood in 1900, the citizens of Brown County created the Brown County Water Improvement District by election in 1926. The wat ...
. Below Lake Brownwood, the stream flows through Brownwood and
Early, Texas
Early is a city located in Brown County in west-central Texas, in the United States. It is a suburb of Brownwood, and the population was 2,762 at the 2010 census. It is named for Walter U. Early, who donated land for the schools. It is home to the ...
into western Mills county before the confluence with the Colorado River about 8 miles west of
Goldthwaite, Texas
Goldthwaite is a town in Mills County, Texas, United States, that serves as the county seat. The population was 1,878 at the 2010 census.
History
Goldthwaite existed as a small village prior to the arrival of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rai ...
.
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 Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
Rivers of Texas
Bodies of water of Brown County, Texas
Tributaries of the Colorado River (Texas)
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