Navasota River
The Navasota River is a river in east Texas, USA. It is about 125 miles (201 km) long, beginning near Mount Calm [1] and flowing south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos, Grimes, and Washington counties converge.[2]
Name
The river has been known by several names. The indigenous people called it the Nabasoto, Domingo Terán de los Ríos called it San Cypriano, Fray Isidro Félix de Espinosa called it the San Buenaventura, and in 1727, Pedro de Rivera y Villalón named it the Navasota.[1]
Lakes
The Navasota River is dammed to form several lakes, including Lake Mexia, Springfield Lake, Joe Echols Lake, Lake Groesbeck, Lake Limestone, Martin Lake, and Lake Fort Parker in Fort Parker State Park.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c NAVASOTA RIVER, from Hand Book of Texas Online
- ^ Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 794
References
- Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997.
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