Welcome to Hot Springs ...
So far, we found very little information about Hot Springs. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Hot Springs to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hot Springs, please Contact Us.
Hot Springs was located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).
Hot Springs would have been located within present day Brewster County<2>.
The location of Hot Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hot Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.
A typical abbreviation for Hot Springs: Hot Spgs. (or less commonly used: Hot Spngs. or Hot Sprngs.)
While the community is gone, the present day location for Hot Springs is 1,860 feet [567 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Hot Springs was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Hot Springs once stood is in the (432) area code.
Communities Also Named Hot Springs ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Hot Springs: This one is located in Brewster County and the other is located in Hudspeth County.
Beyond Texas, there are 29 communities that are also named Hot Springs - they are located in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California (4), Colorado, Idaho, Montana (2), Nevada (7), New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon (2), South Dakota, Utah (3), Virginia and Washington.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hot Springs.
Adding Hot Springs to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hot Springs in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Hot Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Hot Springs post office opened in 1914.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hot Springs.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hot Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Brewster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hot Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |