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

Site of Callahan City

Photographed by Duane Hall, December 16, 2014

1. Site of Callahan City Marker

Inscription.
Callahan County was created in 1858 and named for Texas Ranger James H. Callahan (1814-56). Permanent settlement of this area began after the Civil War (1861-65). Residents petitioned in 1877 for organization of county government. Callahan City, then a village with 2 stores and a post office, became temporary county seat when the first Commissioners Court met here on July 30, 1877. The nearby town of Belle Plaine won a spirited election for permanent county seat in December, 1877. After the Callahan City post office moved there six months later, this community soon disappeared.

Erected 1977 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 4737.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Postal Mail and Philately series list. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1877.

Location. 32° 20.754′ N, 99° 17.863′ W. Marker is near Baird, Texas, in Callahan County. It is on Farm to Market Road 2228 0.1 miles south of County Road 488, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baird TX 79504, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Big Country.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Comanchería,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Callahan City Cemetery (here, next to this marker); Military Telegraph Line

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(approx. 3.2 miles away); Admiral Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); Admiral Baptist Church (approx. 3½ miles away); Site of John D. Merchant Home (approx. 4.4 miles away); Belle Plain (approx. 4.4 miles away); Site of Belle Plaine College (approx. 4.4 miles away); William Jeff Maltby (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baird.

More about this marker. The Texas Historical Commission has assigned Identification Number 4737 to the marker.

Also see . . . Callahan City, TX. From the Texas State Historical Association’s “Handbook of Texas Online”. (Submitted on December 23, 2014.)

Callahan City Cemetery and Site of Callahan City Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, December 16, 2014

2. Callahan City Cemetery and Site of Callahan City Markers

View to North Along FM 2228 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, December 16, 2014

3. View to North Along FM 2228

View to East Across FM 2228 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall

4. View to East Across FM 2228

View to South Along FM 2228 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, December 16, 2014

5. View to South Along FM 2228

Callahan City Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, December 16, 2014

6. Callahan City Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 23, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 851 times since then and 40 times this year. Last updated on December 26, 2025, by Joe Lotz of Flower Mound, Texas. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 23, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.