Editing Baird, Texas (section)

==History==
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Baird, Texas was named after Matthew Baird, a director of the Texas and Pacific Railway. He was also sole proprietor of the [[Baldwin Locomotive Works]], the largest locomotive firm in the United States, headquartered in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania.

The city was officially founded in 1880. In 1993, the [[Texas Legislature]] designated Baird as the "Antique Capital of West Texas". It has 12 [[antique]] shops.

The former Callahan County Jail, at 100 W. 5th Street, was originally located in nearby [[Belle Plain, Texas|Belle Plain]], then the county seat. When the county seat moved to Baird, the jail was disassembled brick by brick, and reassembled at its current location. Belle Plain lost population and became a [[ghost town]].

The town has five churches, four gas stations/convenience stores, and a feed store.