Angelina River

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Coordinates: 30°53′41″N 94°11′52″W / 30.8946441, -94.1976929

Angelina River
Shawnee Creek
River
Country	United States
State	Texas


Source	Berryhill Creek
- coordinates	32°01′25″N 94°49′35″W / 32.0234986, -94.8263255
Mouth	Neches River
- location	Pace Hill, Texas, United States
- coordinates	30°53′41″N 94°11′52″W / 30.8946441, -94.1976929

Length	120 mi (193 km)

The Angelina River is formed by the junction of Barnhardt and Shawnee creeks three miles northwest of Laneville in southwest central Rusk County, Texas (at 32°01′N, 94°50′W). The river flows southeast for 120 miles (193 km), forming the boundaries between Cherokee and Nacogdoches, Angelina and Nacogdoches, and Angelina and San Augustine counties. It empties into the Neches River twelve miles north of Jasper in northwestern Jasper County (at 31°54′N, 94°12′W). Sam Rayburn Reservoir is on the southern part of the stream.

The stream was named for a Hasinai Indian girl whom Spanish missionaries called Angelina. It was well known to Spanish and French explorers and to missionaries in East Texas.^[1]