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San Barnabé Topo Chico is the name of a former settlement in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and is now a colonia of Monterrey, Mexico. The settlement is notable for its proximity to a hot mineral spring, which has been used as a source and is the namesake of Topo Chico mineral water.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.1525/j.ctt2204r3b.11.pdf

History
The settlement of Congregación San Bernabe Topo Chico predated 1716, the year that Spain granted a large tract of ranchland to Lucas González Hidalgo. These residents subsisted on small-scale ranching and farming, sustaining their crops from two springs, "Agua Caliente" and "Ojo Caliente." A third source, a cold spring called "La Saca," supplied a less predictable flow of water. The water supply was scarce, even for the village’s small population, and water rights were handled in a communal manner. In 1850, the town constructed water storage facilities to manage the supply. The pool facilitated bathing, and a few people paid for access to the mineral water’s supposed health benefits.

In 1882, a spa was built to attract tourism from the United States, which coincided with the development of railroads in Mexico.