Onion Creek, TX (Ellis County)

Type: General Entry

Published: 1952

Updated: May 1, 1995

Onion Creek was a farming community on Onion Creek and the Rock Island and Pacific line, seven miles from Ennis in Ellis County. During the 1930s and 1940s the population there was estimated at twenty-five. County highway maps from the 1980s showed the Onion Creek community with two railroad stations.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Lisa C. Maxwell, “Onion Creek, TX (Ellis County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed August 16, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/onion-creek-tx-ellis-county.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1952
Most Recent Revision Date:: May 1, 1995

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2020-2021

Texas Almanac 2022–2023


Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place: Onion Creek
Currently Exists: No
Place Type: Town
USGS ID: 1378805
Town Fields: Has post office: No

Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to: Ellis County
Coordinates: Latitude: 32.22431470°

Longitude: -96.62165590°

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