Details for Callahan City
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5059004737
Data
| Marker Number | 4737 |
| Atlas Number | 5059004737 |
| Marker Title | Callahan City |
| Index Entry | Callahan City |
| Address | |
| City | Baird vicinity |
| County | Callahan |
| UTM Zone | |
| UTM Easting | |
| UTM Northing | |
| Subject Codes | ghost towns |
| Marker Year | 1977 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Baird, take FM 2228 southeast about 8.5 miles |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | 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 two 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. (1977) |