Lake Granbury is a North Texas reservoir near Granbury, Texas . It was created in 1969 and is one of three lakes damming the Brazos River .
3-743: Lake Granbury is contained by the De Cordova Bend Dam and is a long, narrow lake, encompassed by 103 miles (221 km) of shoreline. The lake is controlled by the Brazos River Authority in Granbury. The lake was first proposed in the late 1950s. Construction began on the Cordova Bend Dam on December 15, 1966 by the Zachry Construction Company. Impoundment of water began on September 15, 1969. The proposed construction of
6-460: Is so named because of the clockwise almost-complete loop in the Brazos River named De Cordova Bend after Jacob De Cordova . The dam is one of only three damming the Brazos River. The dam is located at 32°22′26″N 97°41′15″W / 32.37393°N 97.68753°W / 32.37393; -97.68753 (32.37393, -97.68753). The dam is southeast of Granbury, Texas and road access
9-615: The De Cordova Bend Dam in the mid-1950s became the impetus for John Graves' book, Goodbye to a River . The lake is annually stocked with bass and in past years with catfish. De Cordova Bend Dam The De Cordova Bend Dam is a man-made dam on the Brazos River in Hood County, Texas , United States, controlled by the Brazos River Authority . De Cordova Bend Dam forms the 8,300-acre (34 km ) Lake Granbury . The dam
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