Callahan County

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Marker Text: 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. (1936)

Marker No: 634

1936 Pink Granite Centennial Highway Marker

Geographic:32.394661, -99.395264

Location:  front lawn of Courthouse, Baird; on US 20 Business