Official Name: | Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Peach Creek |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Brazos |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 233 |
Coordinates: | 30.5386°N -96.1947°W |
Area Code: | 979 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1380333 |
Peach Creek is an unincorporated community in Brazos County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, no population estimates were available for the community in 2000. It is located within the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area.
Peach Creek was first settled in the late 1800s and was named for a nearby creek of the same name. The oldest graves in its cemetery date back to the 1870s. Some of the first settlers were surnamed Allen, Marquart, Barker, and Day. Riverside Dancehall served as the community center. There was no population estimate in 2000.[1]
Peach Creek is located on Farm to Market Road 159, 15miles southeast of Bryan in southeastern Brazos County.[1]
Peach Creek had a school in the 1900s, which closed at the end of the decade.[1] Today, Peach Creek is served by the College Station Independent School District.