Seco Creek, is a tributary stream of Hondo Creek, traversing Bandera County, Uvalde County, Frio County, and Medina County, Texas. It was named Río Seco (Spanish for "dry river") in 1689 by Captain Alonso De León, governor of Coahuila, when his expedition crossed the creek."SECO CREEK," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbsar), accessed November 25, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
Seco Creek has its source five miles north of Sentry Mountain and Farm to Market Road 470 in southwestern Bandera County. Its course runs southeast for sixty-six miles until its mouth at the confluence with Hondo Creek, seven miles west of Moore in Frio County.
History Seco Creek was a watering place for travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road including the stagecoach lines like the San Antonio-El Paso Mail and San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line. Table of distances from Texas Almanac, 1859, Book, ca. 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/ accessed November 12, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association, Denton, TexasWayne R. Austerman, "SAN ANTONIO-EL PASO MAIL," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eus01), accessed November 22, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
See also List of rivers of Texas
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