Ottine, Texas

Ottine is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 90 in 2000.[1] It is home to Palmetto State Park which can accommodate approximately 500 daily campers.[2]

The mapped record of its area from 1856 indicates Ottine originally began as a former "Beaumont, Gonzales County, Texas" on the San Marcos River, northeast of what is now known-as Belmont, Texas on the Guadalupe River.[3]

Ottine is home to an urban legend surrounding a bigfoot-like humanoid "swamp thing".[4]

References
  1. "Ottine, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
  2. "Palmetto State Park". Texas Parks and Wildlife. Texas State Parks. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  3. Creuzbaur, Robert. "J. De Cordova's Map Of The State Of Texas". David Rumsey Map Collection. J.H. Colton & Co. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  4. "Swamp Thing of Ottine: Your Friendly Neighborhood Bigfoot". Texas Hill Country. January 26, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.

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