Chupaderas Creek
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| Chupaderas Creek | |
|---|---|
 Map Map of Chupaderas Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Calaveras Creek |
Chupaderas Creek is a stream in Bexar County, Texas,[1] that starts east of Martinez, Texas, and runs for ten miles to its mouth on Calaveras Creek.
In the mid-19th century, William Budd Jaques (1799–1870), friend of Stephen F. Austin, acquired a large tract of land along Chupaderas Creek and developed the property into one of the most significant hog ranching operations east of San Antonio during that period[2]. However, the creek's lower reaches became inundated with the completion of Calaveras Lake Dam in 1969[3], and the former site of Jaques Rancho is now submerged beneath Calaveras Lake.
Chupaderas means pacifiers in Spanish.
