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Bell County Historical Markers

Bell County has 255 Texas historical markers across 22 towns and communities. 45 of them mark Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. The earliest went up in 1936.

Markers: 255
Mapped: 246
Landmarks: 45

5 listed by the THC as missing

Common subjects here: Churches and Congregations, Historic Homes, Cemeteries, Women's History, Schools and Education, Doctors and Hospitals

Temple 87

Site of 1920's Factory of the Temple Monoplane 1970
42nd Reunion of Hood's Texas Brigade 1967
Anna Laura Cole 2013
Arthur Carroll Scott, Sr., M.D. 1997
Arthur Carroll Scott, Sr., M.D. 1997
Bernard Moore Temple 2009
Bird Creek Battlefield 1936
Bird Creek Indian Battle 1936
Blackland Experiment Station, Substation No. 5 2011
C. L. Walker Home 1978
Carpenter Cemetery 2020
Christ Episcopal Church of Temple 1976
City Federation of Women's Clubs 1991
City of Temple 1968
Claudia Potter, M.D. 1997
Claudia Potter, M.D. 1997
Comanche Hunting Grounds Battle 2023
Cora Anderson Negro Hospital 2015
Corinth Missionary Baptist Church 2010
Cornelius Carl "C.C." Sampson 2023
Cultural Activities Center 2010
Cyrus Maxwell Campbell 2018
Dr. John S. and Mary McCelvey House 1999
Durward and Jean Howard 2024
Dyess Family Cemetery 2021
Eighth Street Baptist Church 2004
Ferguson Home 1967 Listed as missing
First Baptist Church of Temple 1988
First Christian Church of Temple 1997
First Lutheran Church 1989
First Presbyterian Church of Temple 1982
First United Methodist Church of Temple 1979
Former Site of Scott & White School of Nursing 1997
Former Site of Y.M.C.A. 1975
George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D. 1997
George Valter Brindley, Sr., M.D. 1997
Grace United Methodist Church 1983
Green Oaks Farm 2009
Hillcrest Cemetery 2009
Hodge Cemetery 1985
Immanuel Baptist Church 2012
James A. Fletcher House 1981
Joseph Dennis 1984
K.M. Jones Family Cemetery 2010
King's Daughters Hospital 1998
King's Daughters Hospital School of Nursing 1998
Knob Creek Lodge No. 401, A.F. & A.M. 2013
Lake Polk Park 1991
Lancaster Cemetery 1987
Little Flock Cemetery and Primitive Baptist Church 1969
Log Cabin Study of Dr. Arthur Carroll Scott 1972
Maruna Meadow 1984
Memorial Baptist Church of Temple 1991
Messer-Limmer Farmhouse 1989
MKT Passenger Depot 2021
Moffat Cemetery 2004
Nora Lee Mayhew Wendland 2011
Ocker Brethren Church 1994
Omar L. Fletcher Home 1979
Site of the Organization of the Texas Forestry Association 1974
Pendleton 1968
Raleigh R. White, Jr., M.D. 1997
Raleigh R. White, Jr., M.D. 1997
Raleigh Richardson White, Sr. 1998
Ralph Wilson, Sr. 2015
The Rotary Club of Temple 2019
S.P.J.S.T. Lodge No. 47, Hvezda Texasu 2003
Santa Fe Memorial Hospital, Inc. 1982
Scott & White Hospital 1997
Seaton Brethren Church 2006
Seven Star Cemetery 2005
St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery 2018
Stampede Creek 2002
Steakley Home 1964
Temple Chamber of Commerce 2019
Temple Civic Theatre 2018
Temple College 2013
Temple Daily Telegram 2007
Temple Founder Lions Club 2017
Temple Public Library 1978
Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board 2014
Thomas Edison Dixon, M.D. 2011
W. Goodrich Jones (1860-1950) 1970
Wayman Chapel A.M.E. Church 1986
Wilma Carlton 2004
Yee Pat Ling 2014
Zabcikville 2012

Belton 46

A Memorial to Civil War Education in Texas 1964
African American Education in Belton 1998
Bell County Courthouse 2000
Bell County Courthouses 1970
Belton Farmers Co-op Gin 2012
Belton Woman's Commonwealth 2009
Captain Andrew Caddell 1936
Carnegie Library Building 1981
Site of the Central Manufacturing Co. 1977
Site of Childers-Shanklin Mill 1936
Clark House 1982
Cochran, Blair and Potts Department Store 1994
The Curtis Mansion 1977
The Curtis Mansion 1977
Early Bell County Jail 1967
Site of Early Belton House 1968
Ele B. Baggett Home 1983
Elm Grove Baptist Church 2011
Fellrath Building 1984
First Baptist Church of Belton 1986
First Presbyterian Church 2011
First United Methodist Church of Belton 1978
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Planing Mill 2001
Hill Cemetery 2007
Home of Capt. A. J. Harris 1966
James H. Isbell 1936
Jeff Hamilton 1976
Jeff Hamilton 1976
Luther Memorial 2004
Mary Allen Oliver Cemetery 2016
Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad Bridge 2004
Mrs. Sarah Ann Hardin-Kelton 1936
Muehlhause House 1994
Norman Austin 2008
Peter Hansbrough Bell 1936
The Rev. George Washington Baines 1972
Robert Emmet Bledsoe Baylor 1965
Sanderford Log Cabin 1967
Scott and White School of Nursing 1997
Six Miles East to Site of Little River Fort 1969
South Belton Cemetery 2013
The Texas Baptist Educational Society 1980
Wedemeyer House 1975
William Whitaker Reed 2000
Wilson Van Dyke 1984
Woman's Wednesday Club of Belton 1990

Salado 44

Alexander's Distillery 1964
Alice Gray Hamblen 2016
Old Anderson Place 1965
Armstrong-Adams House 1985
Berry-Vickrey House 1962
Capt. Milton Wesley Damron 2006
Capt. Robert Bonner Halley Home 1962
Cedar Knob Cemetery (HTC) 2017
Davis Mill 1936
Dodd's Creek Bridge 2000
Dr. Samuel J. and Charlotte H. Jones 2001
Dr. Welborn and Louisa Adeline Barton 2003
First Baptist Church of Salado 2000
Fowler House 1968
George Washington Baines House 1981
Hermon and Margaret L. Aiken 2005
Home of Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson 1936
Home of Orville Thomas Tyler 1936
Home of Wellborn Barton 1936
James Lowry Smith 2010
Kate Crawford and Zachary Clay Taylor 2008
Louisa Adeline (Addie) Barton 2006
M. H. Denman Cabin 1968
Main Street Bridges 1986
The Major A.J. Rose House 1979
Major Archibald Johnson Rose 1979
Mary Elizabeth Carpenter, Birthplace of White House Aide 1967
Norton-Orgain House 1991
The Rev. James E. and Fannie F. Ferguson 2001
Robert Bonner Halley 1991
Robertson Home 1967
Salado 2009
Salado Cemetery 1969
Salado Church of Christ 1988
Salado Creek 1967
Old Salado Graveyard 2001
Salado Methodist Church 1969
Salado United Methodist Church 2004
Stagecoach Inn 1962
Stinnett's Mill 1962
Site of Thomas Arnold High School 1975
Twelve Oaks 1962
West Salado Cemetery 1990
Willingham Cemetery 2003

Killeen 23

The 1st Cavalry Division 1976
Avenue D School 1981
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church 1990
Blackburn Cemetery 2015
Brown (Okay Community) Cemetery 2004
City of Killeen 1982
First Baptist Church of Killeen 1983
First National Bank of Killeen 1982
The Hiram B. Reynolds Property 1976
Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery 1986
John Blackburn Log House 1986
Killeen Herald 1990
Live Oak Cemetery 1992
Lt. Gen. Andrew Davis Bruce 1972
Maxdale Bridge 1990
Mayberry Park Cemetery 1986
Oveta Culp Hobby and the Women's Army Corps 2007
Santa Fe Depot 1990
Second Armored Division, U. S. Army 1975
Sharp Cemetery and Rock Creek Baptist Church of Christ 1991
Simmonsville and Marlboro Heights Communities 2024
Wednesday Review Club 1988
Youngsport 2006

Bartlett 9

Althea School 1991 Listed as missing
Bartlett Electric Cooperative 1985
Bartlett Grammar School 1994
Site of Booker T. Washington School 2003
City of Bartlett 1981
First Baptist Church of Bartlett 1981
St. John Lutheran Church 1983
Stockton Family Cemetery 1991
Woman's Wednesday Club 1986

Belton vicinity 6

Rogers 6

Alvin Ailey 2013
City of Rogers 1971 Listed as missing
County Line Baptist Church 2008
First United Methodist Church of Rogers 1977
Joseph "Joe Tex" Arrington, Jr. 2016
McLean Cemetery 2018

Temple vicinity 6

Farmers Mutual Protective Association of Texas (RVOS) 1986
Greathouse Cemetery 1986
John Leggett Marshall 1989
Moffat 1985
Seaton Cemetery 1997
Stokes-Nelson Cemetery 1989

Bartlett vicinity 4

Holland 4

Killeen vicinity 3

Nolanville 3

Rogers vicinity 3

Holland vicinity 2

Site of Pecan School 2001
Post Oak Cemetery 2001

Little River 2

Harker Heights 1

Herrington Cemetery 2010

Kempner 1

Boys Ranch of Copperas Cove 2017

Moody vicinity 1

Moody-Leon United Methodist Church 1978

Nolanville vicinity 1

Comanche Gap 1967 Listed as missing

Salado vicinity 1

Willingham Spring Baptist Church 1998

Sparks 1

Miriam A. Ferguson Birthplace 1967

Troy 1

Shiloh Cemetery 2008

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