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Callahan County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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2historic places

—earliest paper

1858formed

13,708pop. 2020

25cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1994. Most listings are in or near Cross Plains, Baird.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 2 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Howard, Robert E., House	Cross Plains	Building	1994
Texas and Pacific Railway Depot	Baird	Building	2012

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Callahan was formed in 1858 (1858-02-01) from Bexar Land District, Travis Land District.

CALLAHAN created from Bexar Land District, Travis Land District, Non-County Area 17 attached to CORYELL, and Non-County Area 22 attached to BOSQUE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Callahan County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,453	8,768	11,844	11,568	9,087	7,929	10,992	12,905	13,708

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

25 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Admiral Cemetery	32.29573	-99.29602
Atwell Cemetery	32.25741	-99.13258
Belle Plain Cemetery	32.28914	-99.37369
Burnt Branch Cemetery	32.15632	-99.2775
Caddo Peak Cemetery	32.16733	-99.23688
Callahan City Cemetery	32.34591	-99.2972
Clyde Cemetery	32.40045	-99.49784
Cottonwood West Cemetery	32.20247	-99.2054
Cross Plains Memorial Park	32.12486	-99.17055
Dennis Cemetery	32.50124	-99.14445
Dressy Cemetery	32.10616	-99.23186
Dudley Cemetery	32.25073	-99.60551
Eula Cemetery	32.34749	-99.54517
Hart Cemetery	32.45232	-99.23794
Kendrick Cemetery	32.26268	-99.53843
Oglesby Cemetery	32.17819	-99.22534
Old Cottonwood Cemetery	32.20258	-99.20311
Oplin Cemetery	32.14305	-99.55255
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	32.28241	-99.53621
Putnam Cemetery	32.36886	-99.20412
Ross Cemetery	32.40737	-99.38541
Saint Joachim Cemetery	32.38632	-99.48044
Seaton Cemetery	32.30769	-99.61179
Tecumseh Cemetery	32.18942	-99.60676
Zion Hill Cemetery	32.30724	-99.1674

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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