| Seco Creek | |
| Name Etymology: | Spanish |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bandera County |
| Length: | 66miles |
| Source1: | source |
| Source1 Location: | five miles north of Sentry Mountain and FM 470, southwestern Bandera County, Texas |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 29.7347°N -99.4206°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 2050feet |
| Mouth: | mouth |
| Mouth Location: | confluence with Hondo Creek, seven miles west of Moore, Frio County, Texas |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 29.0272°N -99.14°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 571feet |
| River System: | Hondo Creek, Frio River, Nueces River |
Seco Creek, is a tributary stream of the Hondo Creek, in Frio County, Texas. Named Rio Seco (Seco, the Spanish word for "dry,") in 1689 by Captain Alonso De León, governor of Coahuila, when his expedition crossed the creek.[1]
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 through Bandera, Uvalde, Frio and Medina Counties. Its mouth at its confluence with Hondo Creek, is seven miles west of Moore in Frio County.[1]
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.[2] [3]