Abandoned Record
About Calf Creek
Calf Creek is a small community located in southern McCulloch County, Texas on Farm to Market Road 1311 approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Brady.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Calf Creek, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Calf Creek is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Calf Creek
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1887 Mason sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1894 Mason sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Llano sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1955 Llano sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Llano sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1970 Calf Creek sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Mason sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Calf Creek
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Texas index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Calf Creek": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Calf Creek, Texas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q5019562.
- USGS GNIS 1379493.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).