Simmons Creek (Curry’s Creek Community)

Kendall County, TX

Status: Located – Needs More Research

Year Established: 1867

Council of Governments: AACOG

Public History: There are no current descriptions related to Simmons Creek in the public record. If you are aware of any sources that we may have missed please share them with us.

Community History: “A Brief History of the Simmons Creek Freedom Colony in Kendall County, Texas, 1870-1924

The Simmons Creek Colony began about 1867, as a number of African Americans purchased land here on the west side of Simmons Creek in North East Kendall County not far from what is now the small community of Kendalia, Texas. At that time, it was called the “Curry’s Creek Community.” As this freedom colony population grew from births in the five families, it eventually had a school and possibly a church. During our visit to part of this former colony property in the summer of 2025 we could find no remains of the school or other buildings. And the current landowners were unaware of any ruins of such structures. However, we were limited to visiting a small portion of the original 553 acres. We were shown the remains of many stacked field stone walls that formed rectangular patterns suggesting use as animal pens, and/or protection from animals for gardens and/or homes (see Photo 1 and Figure 1 in the complete article below under Uploaded files, “”Freedom Colony Simmons Creek Entry.””) . Most of these walls have collapsed over the past 100 years. We also found the remains of this colony’s cemetery, named the Simmons Creek Colony Cemetery (Figure 2 ) but it is so overgrown with cedar trees that a good photograph is impossible.

Cemetery: Simmons Creek Colony Cemetery