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Callahan County was created in 1858 but, between 1858 and 1877, the county was attached to Bexar County, Travis County and Eastland County for judicial purposes. If your research takes you to Callahan County before it was organized in 1877, you should check the records in those parent counties.If you would like to help out, we have a LOT of obituaries that need to be typed.
Resources
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Newspapers
Baird's Callahan Connection [1987-present]Baird Star [1887-1969]
Baird Weekly Star [1877-1887]
Callahan County Clarendon [1879-1887]
Callahan County Star (weekly) [1969-present]
Clyde Enterprise [1912-1950]
Clyde Journal (weekly) [1974-present]
Clyde News [1962-1969]
Cross Plains Review [1910-present]
Putnam News [1936-????]
Other Publications
Mrs. L. L. Blackburn, Early Settlers and Settlements of Callahan County, West Texas Historical Association Year Book 23 (1947).Callahan County Historical Commission, I Remember Callahan: History of Callahan County, Texas (Dallas: Taylor, 1986). Index Transcribed Index
Brutus Clay Chrisman, Early Days in Callahan County (Abilene, Texas: Abilene Printing and Stationery, 1966).
Fane Downs et al., Inventory of County Records, Callahan County Courthouse, Baird, Texas (Denton: Texas County Records Project, North Texas State University, 1977).
Thomas Robert Havins, Belle Plain, Texas: Ghost Town in Callahan (Brownwood, Texas: Brown Press, 1972).
S. E. Settle, Early Days in Callahan County, West Texas Historical Association Year Book 12 (1936).
Jimmy West, Indian Episodes of Callahan County, West Texas Historical Association Year Book 23 (1947).