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History · Lost Creek

Half of Lost Creek’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Lost Creek was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Lost Creek’s past

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The story so far

Lost Creek, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lost Creek yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Lost Creek is an affluent upper-middle-class neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) in Travis County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,276 at the 2020 census. The census tract is bordered by Capital of Texas Highway to the east, Barton Creek to the south, Barton Creek Boulevard to the west, and Bee Caves Road to the north. The Lost Creek CDP encompasses several small neighborhoods—Parkstone, Woods of Westlake, Camelot, and Knollwood—as well as the largest and most populous Lost Creek neighborhood. The neighborhood is named after a secluded section of Barton Creek away from more popular portions downstream that include Barton Springs and Zilker Park. Suburban residential de…

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.