Ottine, Texas Explained

Ottine is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 90 in 2000.[1] It is home to Palmetto State Park, which can accommodate approximately 500 daily campers.[2]

The mapped record of its area from 1856 indicates Ottine originally began as a former "Beaumont, Gonzales County, Texas" on the San Marcos River, northeast of what is now known-as Belmont, Texas on the Guadalupe River.[3]

Ottine is home to an urban legend surrounding a bigfoot-like humanoid "swamp thing".[4]

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29.5981°N -97.5842°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ottine, Texas . The Handbook of Texas online . 2009-11-07.
  2. Web site: Palmetto State Park . Texas Parks and Wildlife . Texas State Parks . 15 April 2021.
  3. Web site: Creuzbaur . Robert . J. De Cordova's Map Of The State Of Texas . David Rumsey Map Collection . J.H. Colton & Co. . 15 April 2021.
  4. Web site: Swamp Thing of Ottine: Your Friendly Neighborhood Bigfoot . 2018-01-26 . Texas Hill Country . en-US . 2018-05-13.

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