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First official county seat of Callahan County, 1877-1883. The first unofficial county seat was Callahan City where the commissioners court was organized, July 30, 1877, and several civil and probate cases filed by an invalid election, October 13th, and a valid election, December 9, 1877 Belle Plain was selected. On January 16, 1883, the county seat was located at Baird.
Belle Plain is a historical marker in Baird vicinity, Callahan County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 28 historical markers documented in Callahan County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 46 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.3102, -99.3623 near Baird vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is Belle Plain College (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Merchant Home, Belle Plaine Cemetery, and Maltby, William Jeff.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5059000360. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Belle Plain” names 2 distinct records in Callahan County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1936 in Baird vicinity. The others:
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