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Bagdad Cemetery


Location: Located on the southeast corner of the intersection F.M. 2243 and Badgad Rd.

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.

(1972)

Photo by Jack Twing (2020)

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