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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 Soda 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 Soda 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 Soda 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 Soda Springs: Soda Spgs. (or less commonly used: Soda Spngs. or Soda 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 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.

Soda Springs is located in Caldwell 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 Caldwell County: Bastrop, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays & Travis.

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

  • Caldwell County     (The home county of Soda Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soda Springs, with the one closest to Soda Springs listed first.
    • McNeil
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Luling
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownsboro
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
      • Brownsboro is located in Caldwell County
    • Joliet
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Joliet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
      • Joliet is located in Caldwell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Joliet
      • From Soda Springs to Joliet
    • Tilmon
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tilmon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
      • Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Tilmon
      • From Soda Springs to Tilmon
    • Mineral Springs ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
      • Mineral Springs is located in Caldwell County
    • Seawillow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seawillow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seawillow
      • Seawillow is located in Caldwell County
    • Stairtown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stairtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stairtown
      • Stairtown is located in Caldwell County
    • Prairie Lea
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Lea have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Lea
      • Prairie Lea is located in Caldwell County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie Lea <1>
    • McMahan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMahan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMahan
      • McMahan is located in Caldwell County
    • Fentress
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lockhart
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Elm Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elm Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
      • Elm Grove is located in Caldwell County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Elm Grove
      • From Soda Springs to Elm Grove
  • Bastrop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soda Springs, with the one closest to Soda Springs listed first.
    • Bateman
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jeddo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jeddo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
      • Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Jeddo
      • From Soda Springs to Jeddo
    • Red Rock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Mustang Ridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mustang Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang Ridge
      • Mustang Ridge is located in Bastrop County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,001 people
    • Rosanky
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
      • Cedar Creek is located in Bastrop County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Creek <1>
    • Kovar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Togo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Upton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wyldwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wyldwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
      • Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
  • Comal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soda Springs, with the one closest to Soda Springs listed first.
    • Hunter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Freiheit
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freiheit have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freiheit
      • Freiheit is located in Comal County
    • Gruene
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Royal Forest
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Forest
      • Royal Forest is located in Comal County
    • Thorn Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thorn Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
      • Thorn Hill is located in Comal County
  • Fayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soda Springs, with the one closest to Soda Springs listed first.
    • Cistern
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Colony
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Colony. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
      • Colony is located in Fayette County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Colony
      • From Soda Springs to Colony
    • Flatonia
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Stellar
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stellar. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stellar
      • Stellar is located in Fayette County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Stellar
      • From Soda Springs to Stellar
  • Gonzales County
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soda Springs, with the one closest to Soda Springs listed first.
    • Kingsbury
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Staples
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Weinert
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Weinert. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinert
      • Weinert is located in Guadalupe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Weinert
      • From Soda Springs to Weinert
    • Galle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Galle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galle
      • Galle is located in Guadalupe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Galle
      • From Soda Springs to Galle
    • Redwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Lauback
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lauback have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauback
      • Lauback is located in Guadalupe County
    • Zorn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Geronimo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Seguin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Barbarosa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barbarosa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbarosa
      • Barbarosa is located in Guadalupe County
    • Dugger
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dugger. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugger
      • Dugger is located in Guadalupe County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dugger
      • From Soda Springs to Dugger
    • Clear Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clear Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
      • Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County
    • McQueeney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McQueeney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McQueeney
      • McQueeney is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McQueeney <1>
  • Hays County
  • Lavaca County
  • Travis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Soda Springs, with the one closest to Soda Springs listed first.
    • Creedmoor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creedmoor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creedmoor
      • Creedmoor is located in Travis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creedmoor <1>
    • Elroy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Carl
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carl. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carl
      • Carl is located in Travis County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Carl
      • From Soda Springs to Carl
    • Onion Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Onion Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onion Creek
      • Onion Creek is located in Travis County

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

Cemeteries Near Soda Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Soda 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 Soda Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • McNeil Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Ebbon Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ebbon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ebbon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Community Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lone Oak Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Oak Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hall Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Plum Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plum Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plum Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clear Fork Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Dickerson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dickerson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dickerson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ussery Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ussery Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ussery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blackwell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackwell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blackwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (193 more) ...
    • Teas Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Teas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Hardshell Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardshell Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hardshell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Loehmann Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loehmann Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Loehmann Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Soda Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Soda Springs.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Soda 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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Soda Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Soda Springs, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Soda Springs.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Soda Springs:

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

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

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 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.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Soda Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Soda Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Soda Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7187, Longitude: -97.5983       In this case, the coordinates for Soda Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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