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. |