Welcome to New Fountain ...

New Fountain is located in Hill Country.

New Fountain is located in Medina County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Fountain, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1857.

New Fountain is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: New Fountain lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for New Fountain: 830

Communities near New Fountain ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Fountain.

• Hondo
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hondo
  • Hondo is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hondo <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hondo
  • From New Fountain to Hondo
• Devine
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Devine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devine
  • Devine is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,938 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Devine <3>
• Castroville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castroville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castroville
  • Castroville is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,199 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castroville <3>
• Lytle
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lytle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
  • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <3>
• Natalia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natalia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalia
  • Natalia is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natalia <3>
• LaCoste
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for LaCoste have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCoste
  • LaCoste is located in Medina County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
  • LaCoste has also been known as:
  • La Coste
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaCoste <3>
• Rio Medina
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Medina
  • Rio Medina is located in Medina County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rio Medina <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rio Medina
  • From New Fountain to Rio Medina
• D'Hanis
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Hanis
  • D'Hanis is located in Medina County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for D'Hanis <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to D'Hanis
  • From New Fountain to D'Hanis
• Mico
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mico have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mico
  • Mico is located in Medina County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mico <3>
• Pearson
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
  • Pearson is located in Medina County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pearson
  • From New Fountain to Pearson

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Fountain. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Fountain.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Fountain. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Fountain.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Fountain. See our Newspapers Page for New Fountain.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Fountain ...

Looking for more information about New Fountain? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to New Fountain, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Fountain.

Adding New Fountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Fountain in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Fountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the New Fountain post office opened in 1857.

We also found New Fountain in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Fountain.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for New Fountain. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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