Historical Markers in Belton, Texas

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• Luther Memorialplaced 2004

  This memorial, an important symbol for the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, has historic ties to the earliest days of the school in Belton.

• Ele B. Baggett Homeplaced 1983

  Construction on this Queen Anne style home, which features sunbursts in the gables, elaborate corner brackets, and fish-scale shingles, was begun in…

• A Memorial to Civil War Education in Texasplaced 1964

  Baylor University (including the "Female Department" later to become Mary Hardin-Baylor) had operated at Independence for 15 years before 1861.

• Belton Woman's Commonwealthplaced 2009

  In 1867, Martha White McWhirter experienced a religious vision during which she felt she had been sanctified by God.

• Captain Andrew Caddellplaced 1936

  Fought at San Jacinto as a private. Later commanded a company of volunteers. Born in North Carolina October 12, 1795 died October 15, 1869.

• Early Bell County Jailplaced 1967

  In 1854, four years after the county was organized, a 2-story structure of logs was built on this site, to serve as the first Bell County jail.

Belton on the Texas history calendar

• January 26: Luther Memorial

All 46 historical markers in Belton

• A Memorial to Civil War Education in Texas1964
• African American Education in Belton1998
• Bell County Courthouse2000
• Bell County Courthouses1970
• Belton Farmers Co-op Gin2012
• Belton Woman's Commonwealth2009
• Captain Andrew Caddell1936
• Carnegie Library Building1981
• Clark House1982
• Cochran, Blair and Potts Department Store1994
• Early Bell County Jail1967
• Ele B. Baggett Home1983
• Elm Grove Baptist Church2011
• Fellrath Building1984
• First Baptist Church of Belton1986
• First Presbyterian Church2011
• First United Methodist Church of Belton1978
• Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Planing Mill2001
• Hill Cemetery2007
• Home of Capt. A. J. Harris1966
• James H. Isbell1936
• Jeff Hamilton1976
• Jeff Hamilton1976
• Luther Memorial2004
• Mary Allen Oliver Cemetery2016
• Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad Bridge2004
• Mrs. Sarah Ann Hardin-Kelton1936
• Muehlhause House1994
• Norman Austin2008
• Peter Hansbrough Bell1936
• Robert Emmet Bledsoe Baylor1965
• Sanderford Log Cabin1967
• Scott and White School of Nursing1997
• Site of Childers-Shanklin Mill1936
• Site of Early Belton House1968
• Site of the Central Manufacturing Co.1977
• Six Miles East to Site of Little River Fort1969
• South Belton Cemetery2013
• The Curtis Mansion1977
• The Curtis Mansion1977
• The Rev. George Washington Baines1972
• The Texas Baptist Educational Society1980
• Wedemeyer House1975
• William Whitaker Reed2000
• Wilson Van Dyke1984
• Woman's Wednesday Club of Belton1990

Historical markers near Belton

• Belton vicinity5 stories · 3 mi
• Temple76 stories · 8 mi
• Salado41 stories · 9 mi
• Temple vicinity6 stories · 10 mi
• Rogers6 stories · 16 mi
• Killeen22 stories · 17 mi

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