Bell County Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY - 245
Have - 233 need-12
Named for the third governor of Texas, Peter Hansborough Bell. County seat is Belton.
There are many little towns in Bell County so please don't think I'm ignoring them as almost everyone of them seems to have at least one marker, but for me when I think of Bell County my mind breaks the county into 4 major towns. This is how they are in my mind, Killeen is about Fort Hood, (in which gaining access may have scared us off other military installations for life) Belton is about Mary Hardin-Baylor University, Temple is all about Scott & White Hospital and Salado is a tourist town. (which I love). We did actually stay in Salado one night for the hell of it. in the very cute Inn at Salado I love being on the main street with shops, restaurants only a short walk away. Of course they each have many other elements this is purley what comes to my mind when I'm thinking about them. Bell County buts up to Williamson County where we live so we have had many trips to Bell County initially focusing on one of the above areas later to try and capture some of the ones we are missing as more information came to light. Joe and Dorothy Button, early members of the Bell County Historical Commission been our greatest asset on this journey, they have taken the time to answer all my questions even when my questions didn't always make sense. Unfortunately I believe Joe died last year I'm sure he will be greatly missed and his contribution to Bell County will be remembered.
Bell County has a robust historical commission and they add new markers every year, we have not visited in a couple of years and are missing 15 markers in new installations alone. This is what I know about the older markers we still need. Althea School has been missing for many, I have written to Bell County Historical Commission to see if there are any plans to replace it? The original Comanche Gap was stolen and I believe there already a replacement marker but am unsure if it has been installed yet. Daniel McKay and Donahoe Cemetery are in place and we even got so close we ended up in a cow pen surrounded by cows before deciding maybe the farmer wouldn't be pleased with us and slowly reversing out. The trouble on this one, is always where to park rather than access. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Planning Mill is now accessible after many years in storage. Herrington Cemetery is on private property but I believe the owner will allow access. The John Robert Craddock grave marker is there on private property, we just didn't feel comfortable walking around the owners property without asking permission, and on the day we were there couldn't find anyone to ask. The Site of Childers-Shanklin Mill is a small centennial marker and it is there, but may take a little walking to get to (Steve is not fond of walking). Maruna Meadow is the one I know the least about, I believe it was once up on Orchard Road but got vandalized and the meadow owner took it down for safe keeping, so not exactly sure where it is now, that is if my facts are actually correct. Maxdale Bridge marker was missing and has been found just not sure if it has indeed been reinstated. Miller Springs Bridge is there its just a matter of access, you can get there, either walking through Miller Springs Park or gaining access through a gated neighborhood. Stokes-Nelson cemetery is a small private cemetery in the middle of a field, I believe the owners allow access but would rather be sure before traipsing out there. I have never seen a picture of this marker which is little unusual in itself. Summer's Mill marker was lost during a fire, part of the mill is still there but has had extensive renovation. The Wedemeyer House medallion & plate has been missing for years, I believe there are plans to replace it but I'm not sure if this has happened.
24th November, 2018 - We snuck into Bell County and captured the Boy Ranch of Copperas Cove but what is really required is a focused couple of days to try and add the 30 or so other markers that we still need.
There are many little towns in Bell County so please don't think I'm ignoring them as almost everyone of them seems to have at least one marker, but for me when I think of Bell County my mind breaks the county into 4 major towns. This is how they are in my mind, Killeen is about Fort Hood, (in which gaining access may have scared us off other military installations for life) Belton is about Mary Hardin-Baylor University, Temple is all about Scott & White Hospital and Salado is a tourist town. (which I love). We did actually stay in Salado one night for the hell of it. in the very cute Inn at Salado I love being on the main street with shops, restaurants only a short walk away. Of course they each have many other elements this is purley what comes to my mind when I'm thinking about them. Bell County buts up to Williamson County where we live so we have had many trips to Bell County initially focusing on one of the above areas later to try and capture some of the ones we are missing as more information came to light. Joe and Dorothy Button, early members of the Bell County Historical Commission been our greatest asset on this journey, they have taken the time to answer all my questions even when my questions didn't always make sense. Unfortunately I believe Joe died last year I'm sure he will be greatly missed and his contribution to Bell County will be remembered.
Bell County has a robust historical commission and they add new markers every year, we have not visited in a couple of years and are missing 15 markers in new installations alone. This is what I know about the older markers we still need. Althea School has been missing for many, I have written to Bell County Historical Commission to see if there are any plans to replace it? The original Comanche Gap was stolen and I believe there already a replacement marker but am unsure if it has been installed yet. Daniel McKay and Donahoe Cemetery are in place and we even got so close we ended up in a cow pen surrounded by cows before deciding maybe the farmer wouldn't be pleased with us and slowly reversing out. The trouble on this one, is always where to park rather than access. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Planning Mill is now accessible after many years in storage. Herrington Cemetery is on private property but I believe the owner will allow access. The John Robert Craddock grave marker is there on private property, we just didn't feel comfortable walking around the owners property without asking permission, and on the day we were there couldn't find anyone to ask. The Site of Childers-Shanklin Mill is a small centennial marker and it is there, but may take a little walking to get to (Steve is not fond of walking). Maruna Meadow is the one I know the least about, I believe it was once up on Orchard Road but got vandalized and the meadow owner took it down for safe keeping, so not exactly sure where it is now, that is if my facts are actually correct. Maxdale Bridge marker was missing and has been found just not sure if it has indeed been reinstated. Miller Springs Bridge is there its just a matter of access, you can get there, either walking through Miller Springs Park or gaining access through a gated neighborhood. Stokes-Nelson cemetery is a small private cemetery in the middle of a field, I believe the owners allow access but would rather be sure before traipsing out there. I have never seen a picture of this marker which is little unusual in itself. Summer's Mill marker was lost during a fire, part of the mill is still there but has had extensive renovation. The Wedemeyer House medallion & plate has been missing for years, I believe there are plans to replace it but I'm not sure if this has happened.
24th November, 2018 - We snuck into Bell County and captured the Boy Ranch of Copperas Cove but what is really required is a focused couple of days to try and add the 30 or so other markers that we still need.
22nd December, 2018 - This trip was just to take a couple of quick days away before all the madness of the Christmas season. This day went well we captured every one we went after except for Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Planning Mill which is locked inside the old mill building, and was well and truely locked. It was all about the new markers on this day. Its great to knock these ones out, as Bell County adds new markers each year and itis sometimes hard to keep up but my heart is really about the old ones we have yet to capture either because they are on private property, locked away or required some waking. This would not have been the day to walk as the cedar already had me sniffling and sneezing. with 12 markers left every marker from here on in inches us closer to the complete Bell County set.
42nd Reunion of Hood's Texas Brigade
African American Education in Belton
Alexander's Distillery
Alice Gray Hamblen
Althea School
Alvin Ailey
A Memorial to Civil War Education in Texas
Anna Laura Cole
Armstrong-Adams House
Arthur Carroll Scott, Sr., M. D.
Arthur Carroll Scott, Sr., M. D.
Avenue D School
Bartlett Electric Cooperative
Bartlett Grammar School
Bell County
Bell County Courthouse
Bell County Courthouses
Belton's Farmers Co-op Gin
Belton Woman's Commonwealth
Bernard Moore Temple
Berry-Vickrey House
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church
Bird Creek Battlefield
Bird Creek Indian Battle
Birthplace of White House Aide Mary Elizabeth Carpenter
Blackburn Cemetery
Blackland Experimental Station Substation No. 5
Boys Ranch of Copperas Cove
Brown (Okay Community) Cemetery
Captain Andrew Caddell
Capt. Milton Wesley Damron
Capt. Robert Bonner Halley Home
Carnegie Library Building
Cedar Knob Cemetery
Christ Episcopal Church of Temple
City Federation of Women's Clubs
City of Bartlett
City of Killeen
City of Rogers
City of Temple
Claudia Potter, M.D.
Claudia Potter, M.D.
C. L. Walker Home
Cochran, Blair and Potts Department Store
Commache Gap
Confederate Monument
Cora Anderson Negro Hospital
Corinth Missionary Baptist Church
County Line Baptist Church
Cultural Activities Center
Dallas Cemetery
Daniel McKay
Davis Mill
Donahoe Cemetery
Donahoe Community
Dodd's Creek Bridge
Dr. John S. and Mary McCelvey House
Dr. Samuel J. and Charlotte H. Jones
Dr. Wellborn Barton and Louisa Adeline Barton
Early Bell County Jail
Eight Street Baptist Church
Ele B. Baggett Home
Elm Grove Baptist Church
Farmers Mutual Protective Association of Texas (RVOS)
Fellrath Building
Ferguson Home
First Baptist Church of Bartlett
First Baptist Church of Belton
First Baptist Church of Killeen
First Baptist Church of Salado
First Baptist Church of Temple
First Cavalry Division
First Christian Church of Temple
First Lutheran Church
First National Bank of Killeen
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of Temple
First United Methodist Church of Belton
First United Methodist Church of Rogers
First United Methodist Church of Temple
Former Site of Scott and White School of Nursing
Former Site of Y. M. C. A.
Fort Griffin
Fowler House
George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D.
George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D.
George Washington Baines House
Grace United Methodist Church
Greathouse Cemetery
Green Oaks Farm
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Planning Mill
Hermon and Margaret L. Aiken
Herrington Cemetery
Hill Cemetery
Hillcrest Cemetery
Hodge Cemetery
Holland Community
Home of Captain A. J. Harris
Home of Elijah Sterling Clark Robertson
Home of Orville Thomas Tyler
Home of Wellborn Barton
Immanuel Baptist Church
Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
James A. Fletcher House
James H. Isbell
James Lowry Smith
Jeff Hamilton
Jeff Hamilton
John and Ettie Mayfield House
John Blackburn Log House
John Leggett Marshall
John Robert Craddock
Joseph Dennis
Joseph "Joe Tex" Arrington, Jr.
Kate Crawford and Zachary Clay Taylor
Killeen Herald
King's Daughters Hospital
King's Daughters Hospital School of Nursing
K. M. Jones Family Cemetery
Knob Creek Lodge No. 401, A. F & A. M.
Lake Polk Park
Lampasas River Bridge
Lancaster Cemetery
Little Flock Cemetery and Primitive Baptist Church
Little River-Wilson Valley Cemetery
Little River-Wilson Valley Cemetery
Live Oak Cemetery
Log Cabin Study of Dr. Arthur Carroll Scott
Louisa Adeline (Addie) Barton
Lt. Gen. Andrew Davis Bruce
Luther Memorial
Main Street Bridges
Major A. J. Rose House
Major Archibald Johnson Rose
Maruna Meadow
Mary Allen Oliver Cemetery
Maxdale Bridge
Maxdale Cemetery
Mayberry Park Cemetery
McBryde Cemetery
Memorial Baptist Church of Temple
Messer-Limmer Farmhouse
M. H. Denham Cabin
Miller Springs Bridge
Miriam A. Ferguson Birthplace
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad Bridge
Moffat
Moffat Cemetery
Moody-Leon United Methodist Church
Mrs. Sarah Ann Hardin-Kelton
Muehlhause House
Nolanville Encampment
Nolanville School
Nora Lee Mayhew Wendland
Norman Austin
Norton-Orgain House
Ocker Brethren Church
Old Anderson Place
Old Salado Graveyard
Omar L. Fletcher House
Overta Culp Hobby and the Women's Army Corps
Pendleton
Peter Hansbrough Bell Monument
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Post Oak Cemetery
Raleigh Richardson White Sr.
Raleigh R. White Jr., M. D.
Raleigh R. White Jr., M. D.
Ralph Wilson Sr.
Reed's Lake
Robert Bonner Halley
Robert Emmet Bledsoe Baylor
Robertson Home
Salado
Salado Cemetery
Salado Church of Christ
Salado Creek
Salado Methodist Church
Salado United Methodist Church
Sanderford Log Cabin
Santa Fe Depot
Santa Fe Memorial Hospital Inc.
Scott and White Hospital
Scott and White School of Nursing
Seaton Brethren Church
Seaton Cemetery
Second Armored Division, U.S. Army
Seven Star Cemetery
Sharp Cemetery and Rock Creek Baptist Church of Christ
Shiloh Cemetery
Site of Booker T. Washington School
Site of Childers-Shanklin Mill
Site of Dulaney's Mill
Site of Early Belton House
Site of German-English School
Site of Little River Fort
Site of New Colony School
Site of 1920s Factory of the Temple Monoplane
Site of Pecan School
Site of the Central Manufacturing Co.
Site of the Organization of the Texas Forestry Association
Site of Thomas Arnold High School
South Belton Cemetery
S. P. J. S. T. Lodge No. 47 Hvezda Texasu
Stagecoach Inn
Stampede Creek
Steakley Home
Stinnett's Mill
St. John Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Stockton Family Cemetery
Stokes-Nelson Cemetery
Summers' Mill
Temple College
Temple Daily Telegraph
Temple Founder Lions Club
Temple Public Library
Tennessee Valley
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
The Clark House
The Curtis Mansion
The Curtis Mansion
The Hiram B. Reynolds Property
The Joseph Dennis Lands
The Rev. George Washington Baines
The Rev. James E. and Fannie F. Ferguson
The Texas Baptist Educational Society
Thomas Edison Dixon, M. D.
Twelve Oaks
Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church
Wedemeyer House
Wednesday Review Club
West Salado Cemetery
W. Goodrich Jones (1860 - 1950)
William Whitaker Reed
Willingham Cemetery (Three Chimneys Cemetery)
Willingham Spring Baptist Church
Wilma Carlton
Wilson Van Dyke
Women's Study Club of Holland
Women's Wednesday Club
Women's Wednesday Club of Belton
Yee Pat Ling
Youngsport
Zabcikville
African American Education in Belton
Alexander's Distillery
Alice Gray Hamblen
Althea School
Alvin Ailey
A Memorial to Civil War Education in Texas
Anna Laura Cole
Armstrong-Adams House
Arthur Carroll Scott, Sr., M. D.
Arthur Carroll Scott, Sr., M. D.
Avenue D School
Bartlett Electric Cooperative
Bartlett Grammar School
Bell County
Bell County Courthouse
Bell County Courthouses
Belton's Farmers Co-op Gin
Belton Woman's Commonwealth
Bernard Moore Temple
Berry-Vickrey House
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church
Bird Creek Battlefield
Bird Creek Indian Battle
Birthplace of White House Aide Mary Elizabeth Carpenter
Blackburn Cemetery
Blackland Experimental Station Substation No. 5
Boys Ranch of Copperas Cove
Brown (Okay Community) Cemetery
Captain Andrew Caddell
Capt. Milton Wesley Damron
Capt. Robert Bonner Halley Home
Carnegie Library Building
Cedar Knob Cemetery
Christ Episcopal Church of Temple
City Federation of Women's Clubs
City of Bartlett
City of Killeen
City of Rogers
City of Temple
Claudia Potter, M.D.
Claudia Potter, M.D.
C. L. Walker Home
Cochran, Blair and Potts Department Store
Commache Gap
Confederate Monument
Cora Anderson Negro Hospital
Corinth Missionary Baptist Church
County Line Baptist Church
Cultural Activities Center
Dallas Cemetery
Daniel McKay
Davis Mill
Donahoe Cemetery
Donahoe Community
Dodd's Creek Bridge
Dr. John S. and Mary McCelvey House
Dr. Samuel J. and Charlotte H. Jones
Dr. Wellborn Barton and Louisa Adeline Barton
Early Bell County Jail
Eight Street Baptist Church
Ele B. Baggett Home
Elm Grove Baptist Church
Farmers Mutual Protective Association of Texas (RVOS)
Fellrath Building
Ferguson Home
First Baptist Church of Bartlett
First Baptist Church of Belton
First Baptist Church of Killeen
First Baptist Church of Salado
First Baptist Church of Temple
First Cavalry Division
First Christian Church of Temple
First Lutheran Church
First National Bank of Killeen
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of Temple
First United Methodist Church of Belton
First United Methodist Church of Rogers
First United Methodist Church of Temple
Former Site of Scott and White School of Nursing
Former Site of Y. M. C. A.
Fort Griffin
Fowler House
George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D.
George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D.
George Washington Baines House
Grace United Methodist Church
Greathouse Cemetery
Green Oaks Farm
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Planning Mill
Hermon and Margaret L. Aiken
Herrington Cemetery
Hill Cemetery
Hillcrest Cemetery
Hodge Cemetery
Holland Community
Home of Captain A. J. Harris
Home of Elijah Sterling Clark Robertson
Home of Orville Thomas Tyler
Home of Wellborn Barton
Immanuel Baptist Church
Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
James A. Fletcher House
James H. Isbell
James Lowry Smith
Jeff Hamilton
Jeff Hamilton
John and Ettie Mayfield House
John Blackburn Log House
John Leggett Marshall
John Robert Craddock
Joseph Dennis
Joseph "Joe Tex" Arrington, Jr.
Kate Crawford and Zachary Clay Taylor
Killeen Herald
King's Daughters Hospital
King's Daughters Hospital School of Nursing
K. M. Jones Family Cemetery
Knob Creek Lodge No. 401, A. F & A. M.
Lake Polk Park
Lampasas River Bridge
Lancaster Cemetery
Little Flock Cemetery and Primitive Baptist Church
Little River-Wilson Valley Cemetery
Little River-Wilson Valley Cemetery
Live Oak Cemetery
Log Cabin Study of Dr. Arthur Carroll Scott
Louisa Adeline (Addie) Barton
Lt. Gen. Andrew Davis Bruce
Luther Memorial
Main Street Bridges
Major A. J. Rose House
Major Archibald Johnson Rose
Maruna Meadow
Mary Allen Oliver Cemetery
Maxdale Bridge
Maxdale Cemetery
Mayberry Park Cemetery
McBryde Cemetery
Memorial Baptist Church of Temple
Messer-Limmer Farmhouse
M. H. Denham Cabin
Miller Springs Bridge
Miriam A. Ferguson Birthplace
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad Bridge
Moffat
Moffat Cemetery
Moody-Leon United Methodist Church
Mrs. Sarah Ann Hardin-Kelton
Muehlhause House
Nolanville Encampment
Nolanville School
Nora Lee Mayhew Wendland
Norman Austin
Norton-Orgain House
Ocker Brethren Church
Old Anderson Place
Old Salado Graveyard
Omar L. Fletcher House
Overta Culp Hobby and the Women's Army Corps
Pendleton
Peter Hansbrough Bell Monument
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Post Oak Cemetery
Raleigh Richardson White Sr.
Raleigh R. White Jr., M. D.
Raleigh R. White Jr., M. D.
Ralph Wilson Sr.
Reed's Lake
Robert Bonner Halley
Robert Emmet Bledsoe Baylor
Robertson Home
Salado
Salado Cemetery
Salado Church of Christ
Salado Creek
Salado Methodist Church
Salado United Methodist Church
Sanderford Log Cabin
Santa Fe Depot
Santa Fe Memorial Hospital Inc.
Scott and White Hospital
Scott and White School of Nursing
Seaton Brethren Church
Seaton Cemetery
Second Armored Division, U.S. Army
Seven Star Cemetery
Sharp Cemetery and Rock Creek Baptist Church of Christ
Shiloh Cemetery
Site of Booker T. Washington School
Site of Childers-Shanklin Mill
Site of Dulaney's Mill
Site of Early Belton House
Site of German-English School
Site of Little River Fort
Site of New Colony School
Site of 1920s Factory of the Temple Monoplane
Site of Pecan School
Site of the Central Manufacturing Co.
Site of the Organization of the Texas Forestry Association
Site of Thomas Arnold High School
South Belton Cemetery
S. P. J. S. T. Lodge No. 47 Hvezda Texasu
Stagecoach Inn
Stampede Creek
Steakley Home
Stinnett's Mill
St. John Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Stockton Family Cemetery
Stokes-Nelson Cemetery
Summers' Mill
Temple College
Temple Daily Telegraph
Temple Founder Lions Club
Temple Public Library
Tennessee Valley
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
The Clark House
The Curtis Mansion
The Curtis Mansion
The Hiram B. Reynolds Property
The Joseph Dennis Lands
The Rev. George Washington Baines
The Rev. James E. and Fannie F. Ferguson
The Texas Baptist Educational Society
Thomas Edison Dixon, M. D.
Twelve Oaks
Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church
Wedemeyer House
Wednesday Review Club
West Salado Cemetery
W. Goodrich Jones (1860 - 1950)
William Whitaker Reed
Willingham Cemetery (Three Chimneys Cemetery)
Willingham Spring Baptist Church
Wilma Carlton
Wilson Van Dyke
Women's Study Club of Holland
Women's Wednesday Club
Women's Wednesday Club of Belton
Yee Pat Ling
Youngsport
Zabcikville