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Near Baird in Callahan County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Belle Plaine Cemetery

 
 
Belle Plaine Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, November 14, 2014
1. Belle Plaine Cemetery Marker
Inscription. Deed for cemetery dated Dec. 10, 1884. Texas and Pacific Railway Company conveyed through E.E. Solomon, County Judge. All of its right and title to citizens of Callahan County, nine acres, one and one half miles south of Belle Plaine for a cemetery. Burial spaces here must be selected under the supervision of the Belle Plaine Cemetery Association.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical date for this entry is December 10, 1884.
 
Location. 32° 17.35′ N, 99° 22.42′ W. Marker is near Baird, Texas, in Callahan County. Marker can be reached from County Road 473, 0.1 miles north of County Road 470. Marker is located in the central part of Belle Plaine Cemetery; the above directions are to the driveway (Road No. 295) to the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baird TX 79504, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. William Jeff Maltby (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Belle Plaine Cemetery (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Belle Plain (approx. 1.7 miles away); Site of Belle Plaine College (approx. 1.7 miles away); Site of John D. Merchant Home (approx. 1.7 miles away); Admiral Cemetery Veterans Memorial
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(approx. 4.6 miles away); Admiral Baptist Church (approx. 4.6 miles away); Site of Callahan City (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baird.
 
Also see . . .  Belle Plaine Cemetery. From the findagrave.com website. (Submitted on November 22, 2014.) 
 
Belle Plaine Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, November 14, 2014
2. Belle Plaine Cemetery Marker
Marker is located at the base of the flagpole
Belle Plaine Cemetery Entrance image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, November 14, 2014
3. Belle Plaine Cemetery Entrance
Driveway Leading to Belle Plaine Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, November 14, 2014
4. Driveway Leading to Belle Plaine Cemetery
Belle Plaine Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, November 14, 2014
5. Belle Plaine Cemetery
View to east from southwest corner of cemetery
Belle Plaine Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, November 14, 2014
6. Belle Plaine Cemetery
Belle Plaine Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Duane Hall, November 14, 2014
7. Belle Plaine Cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 378 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on November 22, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.

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