268 THE IRON ORE DISTRICT OF EAST TEXAS. 



CHAPTER X. 



NACOGDOCHES COUNTY. 



BY JOSEPH B. WALKER. 



The area of this county is 974 square miles, lying between north latitude 

 31° 15'— 31° 50' and west longitude 94° 20'— 94° 55'. 



It was one of the original municipalities, and became a county under the 

 same name in 1837. 



Acreage. — The number of acres is 623,360. The number of acres in cul- 

 tivation for field crops is 61,382, or 9.84 per cent. Acres in fruit and gar- 

 den, 1455.* 



DRAINAGE. 



This county is watered and drained by the Attoyac Bayou (forming the 

 eastern boundary) and its tributaries on the western side: Golondrina Creek; 

 Naconiche Bayou and its forks Wandes Bayou and Caney Creek; Guajalate 

 Creek; Terrapin Creek; Arroya Amaladero; and Sandy Creek. On the north 

 by Beech Creek, East Pen Creek, West Pen Creek, Bills Creek, tributaries of 

 Shawnee Creek, which is itself a tributary of the East Fork of the Angelina 

 River. On the west and south by the Angelina River, forming the western 

 and southern boundaries. Its eastern and northern tributaries from these 

 boundaries are: Shawnee Creek and its southern fork, Indian Creek; Rusk's 

 Creek; Bayou Loco; Little Loco; Bayou Moral and its fork Bayou Alaza; 

 Lamana Bayou ; Dorr's Creek ; Bayou Carrizo and its forks Puentemia Creek, 

 White Oak Creek, Red Creek; Arroyo Visitador and its fork Aguzitas 

 Creek; La Vacca Creek; and Durazno Bayou. 



The Attoyac Bayou, at the southeastern extremity of this county, empties 

 into the Angelina River, which, after making the boundary between San 

 Augustine and Angelina counties, passes through the northwestern portion 

 of Jasper County and empties into the Neches River, which empties into 

 Sabine Lake, and the lake, by Sabine Pass, into the Gulf of Mexico. 



SURFACE. 



The highest elevations are in the northwestern and eastern portions of the 

 county, and were originally part of the elevated Tertiary plain, but now 

 eroded into ridges. The remaining portion of the county is mainly broken 

 and rolling upland, except the valleys along the streams. 



* Commissioner of Agriculture Report of 1888-89. 



