Have you ever wondered how many cities in Texas have their names? Towns like Round Rock, Bee Cave, Dripping Springs, Dime Box and Old Dime Box come to mind. Now I am no expert on town names in Texas, but I'm curious to see the way certain things concern me. One is how some of these places got their names. So I have a little homework and the following is what I found.
Round Rock, which is a city on the northern edge of Austin, is pretty simple. In 1851 there was a settlementon the banks of Brushy Creek. In the middle of the creek near the settlement was a large round stone. The rock actually marked a transition for horses, cattle and wagons, and later the town was named Round Rock.
Bee Cave has an interesting history. Since the 1800s, an area west of Austin with Barton Creek and Little Barton Creek crossing known as Bee Caves was. The name stuck because the hives are nestled in little caves in different areas of the walls of the small bays. InThe late 1800s, a gentleman named Beck opened a shop in the region. Later he opened a post office in the store and called it Bee Cave. About a decade later in 1987 the area was incorporated as the Village of Bee Cave. Since then the name has been changed in the city of Bee Cave.
Dripping Springs makes as much sense as anything else. This city, which was approximately 30 minutes west of Austin, named for a natural springs dripped from rock formations on the Milk House Branch of the EdwardsAquifer. This was once a meeting place for the Tonkawa Indians because of the source of the water. It later became part of the route between Fredericksburg and Austin. Both a landmark and a source of water was, this area of the city of Dripping Springs. The springs are still there and are in the middle of the city on Mercer Street West.
No Dime Box and Old Dime Box are pretty interesting. These towns are between Austin and College Station. It was a place in Dime BoxThis was the name of Brown's Mill site, residents would leave a dime in a box to receive a letter to the post office in Giddings. When the railroad built a line up of about 3 miles southeast of Dime Box and most of the residents and drew closer to the new station. Thus, Dime Box and Old Dime Box, the new city has been Dime Box.
College Station? Think College, railroad and station and think you have figured out that one pretty quickly.
I know that itTowns with interesting names across the country and I sometimes wonder about some of them. Hot Coffee, Mississippi, and Hell, Michigan are a couple that come to mind. If you want to do the homework, you can find some interesting stories, as I did in Texas.
