Nickel Creek, aka Nickel Creek Station, Texas, Culberson County. (original) (raw)

History in a Pecan Shell

Named after the creek of the same name, Nickel Creek (the town) has no 19th Century history. It wasn�t until the late 1940s when the town appeared. The population peaked in the late 1960s when it was reported that 16 people lived here. The town once had a motel in its heyday, but it has since closed. The population was given as two in 2005.

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