Our Genealogy Helper
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 Pond 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 Pond 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 Pond 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 Pond Springs: Pond Spgs. (or less commonly used: Pond Spngs. or Pond 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.
Pond Springs is located in Williamson 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 Williamson County: Bastrop, Bell, Burnet, Lee, Milam & Travis.
Below are the counties that are near Pond Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pond Springs:
- Williamson County (The home county of Pond Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pond Springs, with the one closest to Pond Springs listed first.
- Jollyville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Anderson Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Cedar Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brushy Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leander
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hutto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Serenada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Serenada is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
- Sun City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Sun City is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pond Springs, with the one closest to Pond Springs listed first.
- Elgin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mustang Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
- Wyldwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Cedar Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blanco County
- Cypress Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Burnet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pond Springs, with the one closest to Pond Springs listed first.
- Spicewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bertram
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Oatmeal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mormon Mill is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Mill
- Mormon Mill has also been known as:
- Mormon Colony
- Shovel Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
- Marble Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caldwell County
- Niederwald
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pond Springs, with the one closest to Pond Springs listed first.
- Bear Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Creek is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Estimated population in 2017: 445 people
- Fitzhugh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Hays
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hays is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Buda
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Dripping Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flatrock Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Driftwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Goforth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Mountain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Mount Gainor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Gainor is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gainor
- Henly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Henly is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henly
- Travis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pond Springs, with the one closest to Pond Springs listed first.
- Kings Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kings Village is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
- Wells Branch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wells Branch is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
- Three Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Three Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Volente
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Windemere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Windemere is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Villa Siesta Retirement Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hudson Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hudson Bend is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson Bend
- Jonestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nameless ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nameless is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nameless
- Nameless has also been known as:
- Cross Creek
- Fairview
- Pflugerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lost Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lost Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Buffalo Gap
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pond Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Pond Springs.
Cemeteries Near Pond Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pond 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 Pond Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pond Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pond Springs, with the one closest to Pond Springs listed first.
- Rhodes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jollyville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pond Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McNeil Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Preece Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bonnet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bratton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery is located in Austin.
- The Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Memorial Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5191 <2>
- Memorial Hill Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Capital Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McNeil Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- Davis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fiskville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Pond Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pond Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pond Springs, with the one closest to Pond Springs listed first.
- McNeil
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- McNeil is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Cedar Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Round Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Volente
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leander
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Austin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Daffan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Georgetown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Manor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hutto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New Sweden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Liberty Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Valley is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pond Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pond Springs.
Newspapers Published in Pond 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 316 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pond Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pond Springs, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pond Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Pond Springs:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Williamson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Blanco County
- Burnet County
- Caldwell County
- Hays County
- Travis County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Pond Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pond Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |