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History
in a Pecan Shell
Named after the local creek of the same name, Agua Dulce is "sweet
water" in Spanish.
Founded sometime prior to 1900, a post office was granted in 1908
and the Agua Dulce Independent School District was founded two years
later. The population of Agua Dulce was 100 in 1914. The school system
merged with Bentonville about the time that the first seismographic
survey in Nueces County was being conducted. This resulted in a minor
oil boom with gas and oil wells developed. During WWII the population
increased from 200 to 750. It has remained more or less at that level
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