Indian Creek, Texas

Indian Creek, Texas

Indian Creek is a small town in southern Brown County, Texas with a population of under 100. It is built along the banks of Indian Creek. Annual rain fall is under 30". Howard Payne University was started in Indian Creek in 1889, but later relocated to Brownwood, Texas, about 16 miles northeast of Indian Creek.

Notable people and places

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*Katherine Anne Porter, writer and political activist was born in Indian Creek, Texas.
* [http://www.southernlitreview.com/authors/katherine_anne_porter.htm Southern Literary Review] biography of Katherine Anne Porter


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