Canyon Creek, Austin, Texas
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Canyon Creek is a residential neighborhood located in far northwest
Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
. The neighborhood is located in ZIP Code 78726 and is bordered by
Ranch to Market Road 2222 Ranch to Market Road 2222 (RM 2222) is a ranch to market road in Travis County, Texas, maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Route description RM 2222 begins at an intersection with RM 620 in west Austin in the Four ...
(RM 2222) on the south,
Ranch to Market Road 620 Ranch to Market Road 620 (RM 620) is a ranch to market road in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The road begins at SH 71 in Bee Cave in Travis County west of Austin passing along sout ...
(RM 620) on the west, Anderson Mill Road on the north, and a major headwater tributary of Bull Creek to the east as well as the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. The major bisecting road is Boulder Lane, a loop which crosses RM 620 at the north and south entrances. The neighborhood is approximately from
Lake Travis Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States. Serving principally as a flood-control reservoir, Lake Travis' historical minimum to maximum water height change is nearly 100 feet. In 2018 alone, it saw ...
and
Lake Austin Lake Austin, formerly Lake McDonald, is a water reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The reservoir was formed in 1939 by the construction of Tom Miller Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Lake Austin is one of the seven Hi ...
. Canyon Creek was former ranch and hunting land, much of which was once a working cattle ranch owned by former US Congressman
J. J. Pickle James Jarrell "Jake" Pickle (October 11, 1913 – June 18, 2005) was a United States Representative from the 10th congressional district of Texas from 1963 to 1995. Pickle was born in Roscoe, Texas and brought up in Big Spring. He acquired h ...
. It was developed by the Blanton Company in the wake of the savings and loan crisis in the United States in the late 1980s. Perry Blanton and his company envisioned and developed a completely planned community filled with homes, parks, and connecting trails. It contains significant protected habitat for the
golden-cheeked warbler The golden-cheeked warbler (''Setophaga chrysoparia'') is an endangered species of bird that breeds in Central Texas, from Palo Pinto County southwestward along the eastern and southern edge of the Edwards Plateau to Kinney County. The golden- ...
and
black-capped vireo The black-capped vireo (''Vireo atricapilla'') is a small bird native to the United States and Mexico. It was listed as an endangered species in the United States in 1987. Successful conservation efforts on the U.S. Army's Fort Hood and Fort ...
, two endangered bird species native to central Texas. The neighborhood developed rapidly in the 1990s, and was completely built out by 2005. In the mid-1990s,
Round Rock Independent School District Round Rock Independent School District (RRISD) is a school district headquartered in the city of Round Rock, Texas, United States. As of 2022, the school district serves over 48,000 students, prekindergarten through grade 12. District bounda ...
authorized the construction of Canyon Creek Elementary School in the neighborhood. In 2009 a lawsuit brought by Canyon Creek,
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder ''Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder'', 557 U.S. 193 (2009), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court regarding Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and in particular its requirement that proposed electoral ...
, regarding the relocation of a polling place, was heard before the Supreme Court of the United States


Education


Public Schools

Canyon Creek is served by two School Districts: Round Rock Independent School District (RRISD) * Canyon Creek Elementary School, a National Blue Ribbon school * Grisham Middle School, recently recognized as an International Baccalaurate World School (IB) * Westwood High School, an Exemplary high school ranked number 78 in the U.S. News and World Report survey in 2006
Leander Independent School District Leander Independent School District is a school district based in Leander, Texas ( USA) and covering a total of in Leander, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Jonestown, Round Rock in Williamson County and northwest Austin in Travis County. In 2015, t ...
* Grandview Hills Elementary School, an International Baccalaurate World School * Four Points Middle School *
Vandegrift High School Vandegrift High School is a public high school in Travis County, Texas. It educates students in grades 9-12 for the Leander Independent School District. History The school is named for United States Marine Corps First Lieutenant Matthew Ryan Vand ...


Private Schools

Canyon Creek has nearby private schools: * Hill Country Bible School (K-12) * Summit Christian Academy (K-12) * Canyon Creek Preschool (birth - 5 years)


Nearby University

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Concordia University Texas Concordia University Texas is a private university in Austin, Texas. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and online degrees as well as an adult degree program for part-time and returning students. Concordia University Texas is affi ...
(4 year, private, on the grounds of the former Schlumberger corporate campus)


Churches

Nearby religious institutions include: * Church at Canyon Creek (Southern Baptist Convention) * St. Thomas More Catholic Church (Austin Diocese, Catholic) * Hill Country Bible Church (Bible) * Cypress Creek Community Church (Missionary Church-USA, on the grounds of Summit Christian Academy, Cedar Park) * Live Oak Unitarian-Universalist Church (UU, Cedar Park) * Dell Jewish Community Center Campus (containing both conservative and reform Jewish synagogues) * Peace Lutheran Church (Lutheran, Missouri Synod)


External links

*http://www.canyoncreek.net *http://www.balconescanyonlands.org *http://schools.roundrockisd.org/canyoncreek *http://schools.roundrockisd.org/grisham *http://schools.roundrockisd.org/westwood


References

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