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Callahan County

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Baird, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 23' 40.78124000016", -99° 23' 42.94588999992"
 
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    Formed from Bexar Territory, created February 1, 1858; recreated August 21, 1876; organized July 3, 1877. Named in Honor of James H. Callahan, 1812-1856 soldier in the Texas Revolution, captain of the Texas Rangers. County Seat, Callahan City, 1877; Belle Plain, 1877-1883; Baird, since two early military roads, the Chisholm Trail, and the first government telegraph line traversed this region.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Callahan County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas