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 Waters Park (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 Waters Park. 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 Waters Park ...
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.
While the name of this community is Waters Park, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Waters Park may originally have been Water's Park.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Waters Park might be written as Water Park.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Waters Park is located in Travis 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 Travis County: Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays & Williamson.
Below are the counties that are near Waters Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Waters Park:
- Travis County (The home county of Waters Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Waters Park, with the one closest to Waters Park listed first.
- Kings Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Kings Village is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
- Wells Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wells Branch is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Branch
- Three Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Three Points is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Villa Siesta Retirement Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windemere
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Windemere is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windemere
- Pflugerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Daffan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Cele
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cele is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cele
- Austin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Manor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Lake Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Lake Hills is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,254 people
- New Sweden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Lost Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lost Creek is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
- Bastrop County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waters Park, with the one closest to Waters Park listed first.
- Elgin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wyldwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wyldwood is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyldwood
- Mustang Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Cedar Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- McDade
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Camp Swift
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Swift is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Swift
- Phelan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Phelan is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelan
- Bell County
- Bartlett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burnet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waters Park, with the one closest to Waters Park listed first.
- Spicewood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bertram
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oatmeal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Caldwell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waters Park, with the one closest to Waters Park listed first.
- Mendoza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mendoza is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Niederwald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Niederwald is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niederwald
- Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
- Lytton Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
- Hays County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waters Park, with the one closest to Waters Park listed first.
- Bear Creek
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fitzhugh is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzhugh
- Hays
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hays is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Population from the 2020 Census: 283 people
- Buda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Flatrock Ford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flatrock Ford is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatrock Ford
- Goforth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Dripping Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Driftwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain City is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 858 people
- Kyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lee County
- Knobbs Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Knobbs Springs is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knobbs Springs
- Williamson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Waters Park, with the one closest to Waters Park listed first.
- Jollyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jollyville is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
- Brushy Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock
- Anderson Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
- Round Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hutto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Georgetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Coupland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Serenada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Serenada is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenada
- Weir
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sun City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sun City is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Waters Park, see our County-by-County Page for Waters Park.
Cemeteries Near Waters Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waters Park.
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 Waters Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Waters Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Waters Park, with the one closest to Waters Park listed first.
- Cook - Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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 <3>
- Memorial Hill Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Capital Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McNeil Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fiskville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bratton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jollyville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Preece Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Austin Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gregg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pond Springs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (170 more) ...
- Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Decker Free Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Waters Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Waters Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Waters Park, with the one closest to Waters Park listed first.
- McNeil
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- McNeil is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNeil
- Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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 north)
- Daffan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Daffan is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daffan
- Cedar Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Austin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Manor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Sweden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- New Sweden is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sweden
- Hutto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Volente
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Leander
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Del Valle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dunlap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dunlap is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Oak Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill is located in Travis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
- Rices Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rices Crossing is located in Williamson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices Crossing
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Waters Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Waters Park.
Newspapers Published in Waters Park ...
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 310 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waters Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waters Park, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waters Park.
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 helpful websites 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 Waters Park:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Travis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bastrop County
- Bell County
- Burnet County
- Caldwell County
- Hays County
- Lee County
- Williamson County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Waters Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Waters Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |