Official Name: | Ward Creek, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Ward Creek |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bowie |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 335 |
Coordinates: | 33.3661°N -94.6303°W |
Area Code: | 903 & 430 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2034807 |
Ward Creek is an unincorporated community in Bowie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 164 in 2000. It is located within the Texarkana metropolitan area.
Ward Creek was named for a nearby creek of the same name. Early settler William Ward received a land grant for 1280acres of land on February 10, 1846. It started growing during the second half of the 19th century and had a church and several farms. The oldest grave in the community's cemetery dates back to 1879. There were two churches, several businesses, a sawmill, and several scattered houses in the 1930s. Its population was 164 from 1990 through 2000.[1]
Ward Creek is located off of Farm to Market Road 561, 14miles southwest of New Boston and 34miles west-southwest of Texarkana in southwestern Bowie County.[1]
Ward Creek had its own school from the second half of the 19th century to the 1930s.[1] Today, Ward Creek is served by the Simms Independent School District.