Historic Documents

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Historic Photographs

(Above) 1960’s photo of Margaret and Lee Schuenemann’s house on Stanwood Drive surrounded by a huge field… This area is now completely filled with our neighborhood.

(Above) Prior to the development of North Shoal Creek Estates (1997 to 1999) that area was undeveloped land well known as a large field of bluebonnets in the spring. Three photographs of the area taken by the late Claudell Migl

Historic Aerial Photographs

Use the map below to view historic aerial (aircraft) photographs taken of the North Shoal Creek area in various years going back to 1940. Turn on and off each year’s imagery layer in the sidebar.

Travis County Clerk Records: Subdivision Plat Documents

The original neighborhood subdivision legal documents are held by Travis County Clerk. For more information, see “Surveys and Plats and Where to Find Them,” at traviscountyhistory.org. These documents include subdivision covenants, plat maps, and other documents.

Subdivision (see map)	Documents
Northtowne (1960—1961)	2139p389.pdf
Northtowne West (1962—1966)	2411p107.pdf 2448p526.pdf
Allandale Place (1964—1968)	2139p389.pdf 2896p538.pdf
Allandale Estates (1966—1970)	3100p680.pdf 3171p384.pdf 3573p2119.pdf 3691p1089.pdf 2567p560.pdf 3097p1595.pdf 3138p2300.pdf 10270p778.pdf 10270p786.pdf Section One: Plat 22p44.pdf Section Two: Plat 37p49.pdf Section Three: Plat 47p6.pdf Section Four: Plat 43p24.pdf
Northwest Terrace (1966—1971)	3184p964.pdf 3483p1834.pdf
North Shoal Creek Estates (1997—1999)	12751p446.pdf 13066p3.pdf Plat 99p71.pdf Plat 99p73.pdf

Travis County Clerk Records: Road Book, 1898/1902

The Travis County Clerk holds historic road books, field notes and plats of county roads in Travis County from 1898 to 1902, showing starting points, directions, lengths of road, landmarks, and adjacent property owners. For more information, see “Early Travis County Road Records,” at traviscountyhistory.org, and the Travis County Clerk Records at the Portal to Texas History digital library.

Road book maps for the roads surrounding the North Shoal Creek neighborhood:

Jollyville Road (Mo-Pac Expy) :
texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth713044/m1/114

Spicewood Springs Road (Anderson Road) :
texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth713044/m1/92

Fiskville Road (US 183) :
texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth713044/m1/94/

Upper Georgetown Road (Burnet Road) :
texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth713044/m1/20
(image below)

Front Page of road book:
texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth787616/m1/9