Smiley is a city in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. The population was 475 at the 2020 census, down from 549 at the 2010 census. Smiley was established in the early 1870s, when trader and sheepherder John Smiley settled by a long narrow lake that became known as Smiley's, Smileys, or Smiley Lake.

Nixon

Town

Nixon is a city, self-described as a "compact neighborhood," at U.S. Highway 87 and the junction of Karnes, Gonzales and Wilson counties; alongside the Clear Fork Creek in the Juan J. Nixon is situated 6 miles west of Patterson Lake.

Patterson Lake

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Gonzales, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.29135° or 29° 17′ 29″ north

Longitude

-97.67444° or 97° 40′ 28″ west

Elevation

295 feet (90 metres)

Open location code

76X478RG+G6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356742767

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=reservoir

GeoNames ID

4717895

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