Historical MarkerTexas Baptist Educational Society
Belton · Bell County · Dedicated 1980 · THC Atlas #5027005434
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Marker Inscription
On October 7, 1841, at a meeting in Fayette County, Union Baptist Association Members organized the Texas Baptist Educational Society to coordinate various educational programs. R.E.B. Baylor (1791-1873), the first society president, and William M. Tryon (1809-1847) secured a charter in 1845 for the formation of Baylor College at Independence. The female branch, now called the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, moved to Belton in 1886. Active in student assistance programs, the society was consolidated in 1886 with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. (1980)
About this site
Texas Baptist Educational Society is a historical marker in Belton, Bell County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 223 historical markers documented in Bell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 399 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0665, -97.4647 near Belton. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Rev. George Washington Baines (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include A Memorial to Civil War Education in Texas, Robert Emmet Bledsoe Baylor, and Scott and White School of Nursing.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5027005434. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
