Callahan County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties C  Callahan County

Parent County
1858--Callahan County was created 1 February 1858 from Bexar, Travis and Bosque Counties. County seat: Baird

The county was named for James H. Callahan, military leader

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Callahan County boundary changes.

Populated Places
Cities, Towns and Communities: | Admiral | Atwell | | Clyde | Cottonwood |  | Denton Valley | Eula | Oplin |  | Rowden

Neighboring Counties

 * Brown
 * Coleman
 * Eastland
 * Shackelford
 * Taylor

Resources

 * Look-Up Volunteer for Callahan County~Callahan County, TXGenWeb
 * Other Callahan County Resouces~Useful resources of Callahan County~Callahan County, TXGenWeb

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Callahan County ~A list of County Cemeteries with burial listings~ Callahan County, TXGenWeb
 * Tombstone Transcription Project ~ Partial transcription of cemetery tombstones ~ USGenWeb
 * Texas Historic Cemeteries ~ Partial indexes to historic cemeteries
 * African American Cemeteries Online ~ Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
 * Cemetery Junction ~  Links to cemetery transcriptions

Church

 * Texas Christian Church Directory~ ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in Texas

Land

 * Callahan County General Index of Deeds Callahan County Homepage

Local Histories

 * Early Days in Callahan County, 1966, by Brutus Clay Christman.
 * I Remember Callahan, 1986 Callahan County Historical Commission. Order from: Georgia Yawn, Chairman 100 West 4th Street, Suite 100 Baird, Texas 79504 Name index toI Remember Callahan from the Callahan County Homepage.
 * Belle Plain, Texas: The Ghost Town in Callahan, 1972 by Thomas Robert Havins
 * Cottonwood's My Home: Recipes, Memories, History, 2007, Cottonwood Historical Association. Also, Supplement to Cottonwood's My Home, and Cottonwood's My Home: Vol. 2. Cottonwood History, Family Histories, Recipes, Old Photographs. Order from the Cottonwood Historical Association.
 * Cross Plains Remembered : Photos, Memories &amp; A Little Bit of Everything Else, 2011, Cross Plains Remembered, Volume 2, 2012 and Cross Plains Remembered, Volume 3, 2012 (available Sept 2012) by the Barbarian Festival Committee. 352 pages each. Available at the Cross Plains Library.
 * Footsteps of Approaching Thousands, a History of the Early Days of Cross Plains, 2011 by Ann Beeler. Available from the Cross Plains Library.
 * Crossties to Callahan: The Family of Alfred Dayton Williams, 1981, by J. D. Williams.
 * The Hills of Home, 1949 by John Berry. Story of the author's growing up in Clyde, Texas.
 * Nubbin Ridge: My Boyhood on a Texas Farm, 1960 by Lewis Nordyke. Story of Nordyke's growing up in the Cottonwood/Turkey Creek area in the 1910s-1920s.
 * Texas Museums List of all museums in Texas ~  Hidden Ancestors

Maps

 * Historical Maps ~  From the Republic to the Turn of the Century  ~  Hidden Ancestors
 * Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site

Military

 * Cross Plains Veterans Memorial website Listing of all of the 3000+ veterans from Cross Plains and the surrounding area, from Civil War through Afghanistan, whose names are on the memorial. Photographs of the stone tablets, photographs, obituaries and information on of many of the veterans.
 * Military Resources ~ Links to research Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
 * Fallen Heroes ~  Partial Index of casualties from Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
 * Honoring Our Veterans ~ Partial index of veterans from Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
 * Texas Muster Rolls and Military Records for 1835 &amp; 1836 Complete List ~ TXGenWeb

Newspapers

 * Callahan County Baird Star Newspaper online two weeks after publication date.
 * Baird Banner
 * Clyde Journal P O Box 979117 So. 1st St. Clyde, Texas 79510 325-893-4244
 * Cross Plains Review P O Box 519116 S.E. 1st St. Cross Plains, Texas 76443 254-725-6111
 * Back Issues of the Cross Plains Review, 1911-1975, and the Baird-Callahan County Star, 1888-1935, are available for viewing on microfilm at the Cross Plains Library.
 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has digitized Abilene newspapers that may include residents from Callahan County.
 * Wikipedia has a list of online newspaper archives for Texas.

Obituaries

 * Obituaries of Callahan County ~ Partial listing of Obituaries For Callahan County ~ Hidden Ancestors
 * Obituary Resources ~ Links to research and locate obituaries ~ Hidden Ancestors
 * USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project ~  Texas
 * Afrigeneas ~ African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
 * Obituary Depot ~ Texas Newspaper Citations
 * Obituary Project ~ Hidden Ancestors
 * Obituary Daily Times ~ Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function

Probate

 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records ~  Ancestry.com  (subscription)
 * Texas Land Title Abstracts ~ Ancestry.com (subscription)

Vital Records

 * Marriage Records of Callahan County ~Partial list of Marriages of Callahan County~Hidden Ancestors.
 * Vital Records of Callahan County ~Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Records for Callahan County
 * Callahan County Marriages Index 1877-1965 from the Callahan County Homepage
 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
 * Texas Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images] Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903.
 * Texas Marriage Records 1966 - 2005  ~  Hidden Ancestors
 * Texas Divorce Records 1968 - 2005   ~  Hidden Ancestors
 * USGenWeb Census Project ~ Texas 1850 - 1930

Societies and Libraries

 * Callahan County Historical Commission
 * Cottonwood Historical Association P. O. Box 704 Cross Plains, TX 76443
 * Cross Plains Area Genealogy Society


 * Callahan County Public Library &amp; Pioneer Museum Courthouse, 100 W 4th B1 Baird, TX 79504-5305 325-854-1718
 * Clyde Public Library 121 Oak St. Clyde, TX 75910 325-893-5315
 * Cross Plains Public Library 149 N Main St. P.O. Box 333 Cross Plains, TX 76443 254-725-7722 Hours: 1-5 p.m., Monday-Friday

Web Sites

 * Callahan County, AHGP Site
 * Callahan County TXGenWeb site
 * Callahan County Homepage
 * CottonwoodTexas.com History, genealogy and local information about the Cottonwood community; Surname list; Cottonwood Historical Association.
 * CrossPlains.com
 * Links for Callahan County - Linkpedium
 * Hidden Ancestors
 * Hidden Ancestors