The Bosque River is a river in Texas fed by four primary branches. The longest branch, the North Bosque, forms near Stephenville, flowing toward Waco through Hamilton, Texas and McLennan counties. It is subsquently joined by the East Bosque in Bosque County and the Middle and South Bosque Rivers near Waco. The river terminates into the Brazos River, and is dammed nearby to form Lake Waco. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Stephenville is a city located in Erath County, Texas. ... Waco is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. ... Hamilton County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... Bosque County (pronounced boss-key) is a county located in the state of Texas. ... Location in the state of Texas Formed Seat Waco Area - Total - Water 2,746 km² (1,060 mi²) 48 km² (18 mi²) 1. ... The Brazos River, originally called, the Rio Brazos de Dios which can be translated as The River of Gods Arms. is the 11th longest river in the United States at 2060 km (1280 miles) from its source of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico[1] to its mouth at...
Recent controversy
The city of Waco has been involved in a protracted lawsuit with Erath county dairies since 2004. The city alleges that the dairies have been negligent in allowing excess phosphorous from cattle waste to enter the river in large quantities, traveling downstream and causing algae blooms in Lake Waco. As the lake functions as the Waco area's primary source of drinking water, residents have complained for years about an unpleasant resultant taste and smell. Erath County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... An algal bloom is a relatively rapid increase in the population of (usually) phytoplankton algae in an aquatic system. ...
Its main tributaries are the Clear Fork of the Brazos, which passes by Abilene and joins the main river near Graham; BosqueRiver; Little River; Yegua Creek; and Navasota River.
While the river was important for navigation before the American Civil War, it is primarily important today as a source of water for power and irrigation.
The water is administered by the Brazos River Authority.
The first pioneers to come into Bosque Territory, mostly of English, Scotch-Irish descent, were descendants of generations of pioneers who, on successive frontiers from the Atlantic toward the interior, had cut and burned the forest, fought the Indians and pushed forward the line of civilization.
Bosque County, taking its' name from the BosqueRiver, was created from McLennan County by an act of the Texas State Legislature on February 4, 1854.
The eastern boundary of the county borders on the Brazos River and Lake Whitney.
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