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Belle Plain

Baird vicinity, Callahan County

Marker Text

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.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description from Baird, take US 283 south about 8 miles, then take county road about .75 east, then go north about 1 mile
Marker # 360
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Code cities and towns
Latitude, Longitude 32.308526, -99.362341

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