Near Luling in Caldwell County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

McNeil Cemetery

(Soda Springs Methodist Cemetery)

Photographed by James Hulse, August 21, 2022

1. McNeil Cemetery Marker

Inscription. This cemetery was founded on land deeded to the Soda Springs Methodist Church about 1867 by early settler Margret Hinds. The first recorded burial was that of Henrietta Gant in 1868. The cemetery was first known as Soda Springs Methodist Cemetery but was renamed McNeil Cemetery sometime before Soda Springs Methodist Church disbanded in 1919. Among the more than 390 grave sites in the cemetery are many of the area's early settlers and their descendants. The cemetery is maintained by an association and continues to serve the McNeil community. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995

Erected 1995 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 9781.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1867.

Location. 29° 42.496′ N, 97° 35.394′ W. Marker is near Luling, Texas, in Caldwell County. It is on McNeil Road (County Highway 302) 0.3 miles west of Farm to Market Road 1322, on the left when traveling west. The marker is located on the right side of the entrance to the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Luling TX 78648, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Hill Country

and in the Austin Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker

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, measured as the crow flies: McNeil Baptist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hall Cemetery (approx. 3.6 miles away); Wattsville Gin (approx. 3.8 miles away); William Johnson Cabin (approx. 3.8 miles away); Edgar B. Davis (approx. 3.8 miles away); First Baptist Church of Luling (approx. 3.9 miles away); First Christian Church of Luling (approx. 4 miles away); Luling (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Luling.

Also see . . . McNeil, Caldwell County, Texas. Wikipedia

A church and a cemetery marked the community on county highway maps in the late 1980s. The population of the community was 200 through 2000. It was also a thriving farm community settled by immigrants after the American Civil War. Harvey King was the unofficial "Mayor of McNeil." As of 2010, the McNeil Creek Baptist Church and a cemetery that occupied land first donated to a Methodist church established by Margaret Smith Hinds in Soda Springs around 1867 are what remain in McNeil. Benton I. McCarley, who was killed in World War I, is buried in the community's cemetery, and the American Legion Post in Luling was named for him.

(Submitted on August 24, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

The entrance to the McNeil Cemetery and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, August 21, 2022

2. The entrance to the McNeil Cemetery and Marker

The view of the McNeil Cemetery and Marker from the road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, August 21, 2022

3. The view of the McNeil Cemetery and Marker from the road

Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 669 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 24, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.