Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Buffalo Springs during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Buffalo Springs was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Buffalo Springs (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Buffalo Springs. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Buffalo Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Buffalo Springs: Buffalo Spgs. (or less commonly used: Buffalo Spngs. or Buffalo Sprngs.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Buffalo Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buffalo Springs.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Buffalo Springs is located in Comal County.
To see how the shape of Texas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Comal County: Bexar, Blanco, Guadalupe, Hays & Kendall.
Below are the counties that are near Buffalo Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Buffalo Springs:
- Comal County (The home county of Buffalo Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Third Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Third Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Third Crossing
- Second Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Second Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Crossing
- Fourth Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fourth Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Crossing
- Sattler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- First Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- First Crossing is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Crossing
- Canyon City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Canyon City is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
- Royal Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Forest is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Forest
- Preiss Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Preiss Heights is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preiss Heights
- Canyon Lake Forest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canyon Lake Forest is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Lake Forest
- Startzville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Startzville is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Startzville
- Landa Park Highlands
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gruene
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thorn Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Bexar County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Cibolo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Selma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Schertz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Live Oak
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Universal City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Timberwood Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Timberwood Park is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberwood Park
- Airport City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Airport City is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport City
- Converse
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wetmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fratt ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fratt is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fratt
- Hollywood Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Windcrest
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Windcrest is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windcrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,854 people
- Hill Country Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Country Village is located in Bexar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Country Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Blanco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Twin Sisters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Sisters is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Sisters
- Blanco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flugrath ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flugrath is located in Blanco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flugrath
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Martindale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Reedville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Maxwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Fentress
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Prairie Lea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Uhland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Uhland is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uhland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,355 people
- Stairtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stairtown is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairtown
- Joliet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Joliet is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
- Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Lockhart
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Niederwald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Guadalupe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Lake Dunlap
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Dunlap is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Dunlap
- Camp Willow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Willow is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Willow
- Clear Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Barbarosa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Barbarosa is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbarosa
- Schumannsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Schumannsville is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumannsville
- Northcliff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Northcliff is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcliff
- Zorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
- Redwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Redwood is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Santa Clara
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Santa Clara is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
- Population from the 2020 Census: 745 people
- Geronimo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Galle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Galle is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galle
- Haeckerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Haeckerville is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haeckerville
- Hilda Siding
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hilda Siding is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda Siding
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Cloptins Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cloptins Crossing is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloptins Crossing
- Pioneer Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Town is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Town
- Pleasant Valley Crossing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- San Marcos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wimberley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Woodcreek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Woodcreek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,758 people
- Kyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Driftwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Gainor
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
- Mountain City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Flatrock Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Henly
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Henly is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
- Buda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kendall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Kendalia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bergheim
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
- Kreutzberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
- Travis County
- Manchaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilson County
- Carpenter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Carpenter is located in Wilson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Buffalo Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Buffalo Springs.
Cemeteries Near Buffalo Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buffalo Springs.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Buffalo Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Buffalo Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Kellerman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Conrads Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rosenthal Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Heimer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kraft Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Kunkel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Panteon Hidalgo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perpetuo Socorro Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Comal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hillert Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- York Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (199 more) ...
- Hugo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo Cemetery
- The Hugo Cemetery has also been known as:
- Purgatory Springs Cemetery
- Cranes Mill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Simon Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Buffalo Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buffalo Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Buffalo Springs, with the one closest to Buffalo Springs listed first.
- Sattler
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sattler is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sattler
- New Braunfels
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hunter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hunter is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Smithson Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
- Cranes Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cranes Mill is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Mill
- Corbyn
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Corbyn is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbyn
- Clear Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Zorn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
- San Marcos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Wimberley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Geronimo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bracken
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bracken is located in Comal County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Selma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cibolo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Marion
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Buffalo Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Buffalo Springs.
Newspapers Published in Buffalo Springs ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buffalo Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buffalo Springs, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buffalo Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Buffalo Springs:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Comal County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bexar County
- Blanco County
- Caldwell County
- Guadalupe County
- Hays County
- Kendall County
- Travis County
- Wilson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Buffalo Springs and then turned east". While Buffalo Springs could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Buffalo Springs as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Buffalo Springs could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Just in case there has been confusion between counties, we found that there are 3 Texas communities also named Buffalo Springs. While this community is located in Comal County, the others are located in the following counties: Clay, Dallam and Lubbock. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Buffalo Springs. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Buffalo Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buffalo Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |