Callahan County, Texas. (original) (raw)
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32� 17' 24" N, 99� 22' 12" W (32.29, -99.37)
Population: 13,708 (2020)
13,544 (2010) 12,905 (2000) 11,859 (1990)
Total area 901 square miles (2,330 km2):
899 square miles (2,330 km2) land
1.9 square miles (4.9 km2) water
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Callahan County History
CALLAHAN COUNTY
Formed from Bexar Territory
Created February 1, 1858
Recreated August 21, 1876
Organized July 3, 1877
Named in Honor of James H. Callahan, 1812-1856
soldier in the Texas Revolution
captain of the Texas Rangers.
County Seat, Callahan City, 1877
Belle Plain, 1877-1883;
Baird, since two early military roads, the Chisholm Trail, and the first government telegraph line traversed this region.
Callahan County Town List
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County Seat - Baird
Callahan County, Texas Vintage Maps
1882 Map showing Callahan County as well as Jones, Taylor & Shackelford Counties
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Callahan County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Callahan County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Callahan County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office
Callahan County
1936 Texas Centennial Marker
Centennial Marker on courthouse front lawn in Baird
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2009
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