Smithwick, Texas
Smithwick is an unincorporated community in Burnet County, Texas, United States. Smithwick is located on Ranch to Market Road 1431 eight miles east of Marble Falls. Smithwick was formed in 1882 from three smaller communities, Hickory Creek, Elm Grove, and Smithwick Mills, named after Noah Smithwick's mill on the Colorado River. [2][3][4]
Smithwick, Texas | |
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Unincorporated community | |
  Smithwick  Smithwick | |
| Coordinates: 30°33′39″N 98°08′42″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Burnet |
| Elevation | 850 ft (260 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 830 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1380563[1] |
Notable people
- Dudley Meredith, American football player
References
- "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- "Smithwick, TX". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- Noah, Smithwick. "Evolution of a State". Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- Smithwick, Noah (1900). The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-72045-9.
Municipalities and communities of Burnet County, Texas, United States | ||
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| Cities |  Burnet County map | |
| Unincorporated communities | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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