Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely 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. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Watts in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Watts. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Watts listed first.
- Tilmon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tilmon is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilmon
- Luling
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Fork is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Fork
- Taylorsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Taylorsville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
- Lockhart
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delhi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Delhi is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Prairie Lea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Slayden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Slayden is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slayden
- Jeddo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jeddo is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- String Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- String Prairie is located in Bastrop County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for String Prairie
- Red Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waelder
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Maxwell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Staples
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kingsbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Forest is located in Gonzales County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Martindale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lytton Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lytton Springs is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton Springs
- Gonzales
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Reedville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Reedville is located in Caldwell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Cistern
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cistern is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cistern
- Former names for Cistern:
- Cockrell's Hill
- Milton
- Whiteside's Prairie
- Goforth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Goforth is located in Hays County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goforth
- Zorn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Zorn is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zorn
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Watts, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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