Details for Bagdad Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5491009030

Data

Marker Number 9030
Atlas Number 5491009030
Marker Title Bagdad Cemetery
Index Entry Bagdad Cemetery
Address FM 2243, 1 mile W
City Leander
County Williamson
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 608329
UTM Northing 3383291
Subject Codes cemetery
Marker Year 1972
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location FM 2243, 1 mile west of Leander
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 14" x 24"
Marker Text Opened 1857 with burial of 3-year-old John Babcock, whose father Charles later gave tract to community. Other early burials were Civil War veteran John Haile and Col. C. C. Mason. Leander, founded 1882 when railroad bypassed Bagdad, shares use of this tract, enlarged in 1959 and 1966.