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Introduction ...

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 Pecan 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 Pecan 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 Pecan 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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Pecan Springs: Pecan Spgs. (or less commonly used: Pecan Spngs. or Pecan Sprngs.)

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 and doctors 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.

Pecan Springs is located in San Saba County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Saba County: Brown, Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch & Mills.

Below are the counties that are near Pecan Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pecan Springs:

  • San Saba County     (The home county of Pecan Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pecan Springs, with the one closest to Pecan Springs listed first.
    • Richland Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Springs
      • Richland Springs is located in San Saba County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland Springs <2>
    • Cherokee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • San Saba
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Holt ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Holt is located in San Saba County
    • Locker ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
      • Locker is located in San Saba County
  • Llano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pecan Springs, with the one closest to Pecan Springs listed first.
    • Valley Spring
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Castell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castell
      • Castell is located in Llano County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castell <2>
    • Baby Head ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baby Head have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
      • Baby Head is located in Llano County
    • Llano
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mason County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pecan Springs, with the one closest to Pecan Springs listed first.
    • Fredonia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pontotoc
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Art
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Art have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
      • Art is located in Mason County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Art <2>
    • Koockville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koockville
      • Koockville is located in Mason County
    • Mason
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grit
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grit
      • Grit is located in Mason County
    • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hedwigs Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
      • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
    • Streeter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streeter
      • Streeter is located in Mason County
    • Hilda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilda
      • Hilda is located in Mason County
    • Loyal Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
      • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
  • McCulloch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pecan Springs, with the one closest to Pecan Springs listed first.
    • Voca
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Voca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voca
      • Voca is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Voca <2>
    • Rochelle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochelle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
      • Rochelle is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochelle <2>
    • Brady
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brady have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
      • Brady is located in McCulloch County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brady <2>
    • Calf Creek ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calf Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calf Creek
      • Calf Creek is located in McCulloch County
    • Lohn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lohn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lohn
      • Lohn is located in McCulloch County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lohn <2>
  • Menard County
  • Mills County
    • Regency ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Regency have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
      • Regency is located in Mills County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pecan Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Pecan Springs.

Newspapers Published in Pecan 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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pecan Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pecan Springs, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pecan Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Pecan Springs:

Cemeteries Near Pecan Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pecan 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pecan Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pecan Springs, with the one closest to Pecan Springs listed first.

  • Deer Creek Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Tabor Mtn. Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tabor Mtn. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tabor Mtn. Cemetery
  • Spiller Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spiller Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spiller Cemetery
  • New Pontotoc Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Pontotoc Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Pontotoc Cemetery
  • Old Pontotoc Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Pontotoc Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Pontotoc Cemetery
  • Blackjack Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackjack Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackjack Cemetery
  • Wagram Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wagram Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wagram Cemetery
  • Water Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Water Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Water Valley Cemetery
  • Newsom Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Newsom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Newsom Cemetery
  • Camp San Saba Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Camp San Saba Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camp San Saba Cemetery
  • Fly Gap Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fly Gap Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fly Gap Cemetery
  • Cold Creek Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cold Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cold Creek Cemetery
  • Continue List   (79 more) ...
    • Polk Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Polk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Polk Cemetery
    • Ellison Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellison Cemetery
    • Ellis Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellis Cemetery

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.<5>

While we didn't find Pecan Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pecan Springs.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Pecan Springs, with the one closest to Pecan Springs listed first.

  • Fredonia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Voca
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Voca have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voca
    • Voca is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Voca <2>
  • Pontotoc
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Field Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Field Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Creek
    • Field Creek is located in Llano County
  • Camp San Saba
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp San Saba have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp San Saba
    • Camp San Saba is located in McCulloch County
  • Katemcy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Katemcy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katemcy
    • Katemcy is located in Mason County
  • Rochelle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rochelle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochelle
    • Rochelle is located in McCulloch County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rochelle <2>
  • Valley Spring
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Richland Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland Springs
    • Richland Springs is located in San Saba County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland Springs <2>
  • Mason
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Brady
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brady have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
    • Brady is located in McCulloch County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,178 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brady <2>
  • Castell
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castell
    • Castell is located in Llano County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castell <2>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • San Saba
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Hedwigs Hill ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hedwigs Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedwigs Hill
      • Hedwigs Hill is located in Mason County
    • Streeter
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streeter
      • Streeter is located in Mason County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pecan Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pecan Springs.

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

The official website for San Saba County: www.sansabacounty.org/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pecan Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pecan Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0143, Longitude: -99.0631       In this case, the coordinates for Pecan Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>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 Pecan Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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