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Garlic Creek

Coordinates: 30°07′06″N 97°49′27″W / 30.11833°N 97.82417°W / 30.11833; -97.82417
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Garlic Creek is located in northern Hays County near Buda, Texas.[1] Its headwaters are near the intersection of Ranch to Market Road 967 and Farm to Market Road 1626 at 30°06′16″N 97°53′23″W / 30.10444°N 97.88972°W / 30.10444; -97.88972. The stream flows east to northeast crossing into Travis County just before it reaches its confluence with Onion Creek at 30°07′06″N 97°49′27″W / 30.11833°N 97.82417°W / 30.11833; -97.82417 approximately 12 miles southwest of Austin.[2]

Garlic Creek was originally named Labinski Branch for one of the first settlers in Hays County, Texas. Victor Labenski built a log cabin on the banks of what is now called Garlic Creek in 1855.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garlic Creek
  2. ^ Buda, Texas 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968 (1973 rev.)
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