{{short description|Stream in Bandera County, Texas, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Bandera Creek | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = | nickname = <!---------------------- IMAGE--> | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = <!---------------------- MAPS --> | map = {{maplink|frame=yes|type=line|id=Q19600328 |stroke-color=#0000ff}} | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | pushpin_map_alt = <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Texas | subdivision_type3 = County | subdivision_name3 = Bandera County | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Medina River | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

'''Bandera Creek''' is a stream in Bandera County, Texas, in the United States.<ref>{{GNIS|1372385}}</ref> It rises in Bandera Pass, {{frac|2|1|2}} miles south of Camp Verde in northeastern Bandera County (at 29°51' N, 99°06' W), and flows south for thirteen miles to its mouth on the Medina River, a mile east of Bandera (at 29°44' N, 99°03' W).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bandera-creek|publisher=Handbook of Texas online|title=Bandera Creek|access-date=2021-11-02}}</ref>

Bandera Creek took its name from Bandera Pass.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hunter|first=John Marvin|title=Pioneer History of Bandera County: Seventy-five Years of Intrepid History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cJcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA228|year=1922|publisher=Hunter's printing house|page=228}}</ref>

==See also== *List of rivers of Texas

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Category:Rivers of Bandera County, Texas Category:Rivers of Texas

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