Geographical Features

The following is an alphabetical listing of named natural geographical features in Bosque County (plus dams and reservoirs). To see towns and communities, click here. To see cemeteries, click here.  

The location of these features within Bosque County can be found using the feature location map.

Features that are underlined have links to additional information and history concerning that town. If there is an "HT" in the third column, it is a link to additional information from the Handbook of Texas, created and maintained by the Texas State Historical Association and distributed in partnership with the University of North Texas.

Feature Name Type HT  USGS Quadrangle(s)
Aars Mountain summit   Sugarloaf Mountain
Allen Bend bend   Allen Bend
Austin Branch stream   Cranfills Gap
Bailey Branch stream   Spring Creek Gap
Barry Branch stream   Walnut Springs West
Bee Bluff cliff   Allen Bend
Bee Creek stream HT Meridian, Sugarloaf Mountain
Bee Mountain (#1) summit HT Brazos Point
Bee Mountain (#2) summit HT Meridian/Sugarloaf Mountain?
Bee Rock Flats summit   Sugarloaf Mountain
Big Bee Rock cliff HT Sugarloaf Mountain
Big Lake reservoir   Walnut Springs West
Boggy Branch stream   German Valley, Hurst Spring
Bosque River stream HT  
Boyd Branch stream   Camp Branch
Brazos River stream HT Allen Bend, Blum, Brazos Point, China Springs, Glen Rose East, Laguna Park, Lakeside Village, Smiths Bend, Whitney
Brown Mountain summit   Sugarloaf Mountain
Burk's Crossing crossing   Smiths Bend
Camfield Branch stream   Cranfills Gap
Camp Branch stream HT Camp Branch
Cedar Creek stream   Laguna Park, Smiths Bend
Cedar Mountain summit   Walnut Springs West
Cedron Creek stream HT Allen Bend
Childress Creek stream HT China Springs, Clifton, Laguna Park, Pilot Knob, Valley Mills
Coon Creek stream HT Laguna Park, Smiths Bend
Cooney Cavern cave   Allen Bend
Corn Gap gap HT Walnut Springs East
Cottonwood Creek stream   Laguna Park, Valley Mills, Cottonwood Creek
Cox Branch stream HT Walnut Springs East
Cranfills Mountain summit   Cranfills Gap
Cross Branch stream HT Glen Rose West
Dinner Hill Mountain summit   Walnut Springs West
Dry Branch (#1) stream   Allen Bend
Dry Branch (#2) stream   Brazos Point
Dry Brook stream   Brazos Point, Glen Rose East
Duffau Creek stream HT Camp Branch, Spring Creek Gap
Dunlap Branch stream   Cranfills Gap
Dunlap Hill summit   Cranfills Gap
Dyes Branch stream   Meridian, Sugarloaf Mountain
East Bosque River stream HT Walnut Springs West, Camp Branch
East Flat Top Lake reservoir   Walnut Springs West
Eisenhower Branch stream   Valley Mills
Fall Creek  stream HT Spring Creek Gap
Falls Branch stream   Allen Bend
Farris Creek stream HT Walnut Springs East
Flag Branch stream HT Walnut Springs West
Flag Branch Lake reservoir   Walnut Springs West
Flat Rock Creek stream HT Brazos Point, Glen Rose East
Flat Top Mountain (#1) summit HT Walnut Springs West
Flat Top Mountain (#2) summit   Cranfills Gap
Fort Graham Crossing crossing   Lakeside Village
Frog Hollow valley   Brazos Point
Gary Creek stream HT Cranfills Gap, Hurst Spring, Sugarloaf Mountain
Gary Mountain summit   Sugarloaf Mountain
German Valley valley   German Valley
Gibson Branch stream   Iredell, Meridian
Gin Branch stream   Hurst Spring, Sugarloaf Mountain
Goar Valley valley   German Valley
Godager Hill summit   Cranfills Gap
Golden Mountain summit   Sugarloaf Mountain
Grass Creek
aka Spring Creek (#2)
stream HT Brazos Point, Morgan, Walnut Springs East
Hester Branch stream   Camp Branch, Walnut Springs West
Hill Creek stream HT Glen Rose East
Hog Creek stream HT Mosheim, Hurst Spring
Hogan Creek stream   Valley Mills
Hurst Branch stream   German Valley
Ilseng Mountain summit   Cranfills Gap
Irrigation Lake reservoir   Walnut Springs West
Jack Branch stream   Hurst Spring
Jackson Hill summit   Cranfills Gap
Jenson Mountain summit   Cranfills Gap
Johnson Peak summit HT Iredell
Kay Mountain summit   Sugarloaf Mountain
Kimball Bend bend   Blum, Brazos Point
Kimball Crossing crossing   Lakeside Village
King Creek stream HT Allen Bend
Kirby Creek stream   Allen Bend, Laguna Park
Lake Whitney reservoir HT Allen Bend, Blum, Brazos Point, Laguna Park, Lakeside Village, Smiths Bend, Whitney
Little Bee Rock cliff   Sugarloaf Mountain
Little Rocky Creek stream HT Laguna Park
Live Oak Creek stream HT Coryell, Mosheim, Hurst Spring
Logwood Crossing crossing   Lakeside Village
Long Branch stream   Allen Bend
McCabe's Crossing crossing   Smiths Bend
Meridian Creek stream HT Clifton, Cranfills Gap, Sugarloaf Mountain
Meridian Knobs summit    
Meridian Lake reservoir   Meridian
Mesquite Creek stream HT Lakeside Village, Morgan, Walnut Springs East
Middle Bosque River stream HT Coryell
Middle Fork Neils Creek stream   German Valley
Montgomery Creek stream   Pilot Knob
Mustang Creek (#1) stream   Cranfills Gap
Mustang Creek (#2) stream HT Walnut Springs West
Mustang Lake reservoir   Walnut Springs West
Negrohead Bluff cliff   Brazos Point
Neils Creek stream HT German Valley, Hurst Spring, Mosheim
Norman Hill summit HT Hurst Spring
Norse Hill summit   Sugarloaf Mountain
North Bosque River stream HT Clifton, Iredell, Meridian, Mosheim, Pilot Knob, Spring Creek Gap, Sugarloaf Mountain, Valley Mills, Walnut Springs West
North Fork Hill Creek stream   Glen Rose East
North Fork Neils  Creek stream   German Valley
North Prong Meridian Creek stream   Cranfills Gap
Norway Hill summit   Hurst Spring
Number Six Mountain summit   Cranfills Gap
Old Lake reservoir   Walnut Springs West
Ownsby Lake reservoir   Walnut Springs West
Pilot Knob summit HT Pilot Knob
Plowman Creek stream   Lakeside Village, Morgan
Polnac Lake reservoir   Walnut Springs West
Powelldale Mountains summit HT Lakeside Village, Morgan
Rattlesnake Mountain (#1) summit   Cranfills Gap
Rattlesnake Mountain (#2) summit   Sugarloaf Mountain
Raymond Creek stream   Lakeside Village, Morgan
Robison Bluff cliff   Lakeside Village
Rock Springs Creek stream   Valley Mills
Rocky Creek (#1) stream HT Allen Bend, Laguna Park
Rocky Creek (#2) stream   Camp Branch
Rogstad Mountain summit   Cranfills Gap
Rough Creek stream HT Walnut Springs West
Round Mountain summit   Sugarloaf Mountain
Schumacher Creek stream   Clifton, Sugarloaf Mountain
Sheek Creek stream   China Springs, Smiths Bend
Shoal Creek stream   Hurst Spring
Smiths Bend bend   Smiths Bend
Soesbees Bluff cliff   Smiths Bend
Soldiers Bluff cliff   Smiths Bend
South Flat Top Lake reservoir   Walnut Springs West
South Fork Hill Creek stream   Glen Rose East, Glen Rose West, Walnut Springs East, Walnut Springs West
South Fork Neils Creek stream   German Valley
South Fork Rocky Creek stream   Laguna Park
South Prong Coon Creek stream   Laguna Park, Smiths Bend
Spencer Hollow valley   Cranfills Gap
Spencer Mountain summit   Cranfills Gap
Spivey Crossing crossing   Smiths Bend
Spring Creek (#1) stream HT Cranfills Gap, Iredell, Spring Creek Gap, Sugarloaf Mountain
Spring Creek (#2)
(aka Grass Creek)
stream HT Brazos Point, Morgan, Walnut Springs East
Spring Creek Gap gap HT Spring Creek Gap
Stanford Valley valley   German Valley
Stanifer Branch stream   Pilot Knob
Steele Creek stream HT Allen Bend, Lakeside Village, Morgan, Pilot Knob, Walnut Springs East
Stiffy Hollow valley   Cranfills Gap
Sugarloaf Mountain summit HT Sugarloaf Mountain
Thompson Hollow valley   Valley Mills
Toms Branch stream   Pilot Knob
Tuggle Branch stream   Morgan, Walnut Springs East
Turkey Creek stream   Clifton, Mosheim, Sugarloaf Mountain
Walker Branch stream   Camp Branch, Walnut Springs West
Whitney Dam dam HT Smiths Bend
Willow Creek stream HT China Springs, Laguna Park, Valley Mills
Womack Branch stream   Laguna Park, Clifton
Wortham Bend bend   China Springs
Yearling Branch stream   Brazos Point