Callaghan is a ranching community in

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and was established in 1881. The community was named after a nearby ranch owned by Charles Callaghan and much later Joe B. Finley. The community was once a cattle shipping point on the

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.Handbook of Texas Online (accessed June 12, 2008).
/ref> Callaghan is served by the

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(ICAO: 90TX). Callaghan is fourteen miles north of Laredo, Texas.

Geography

Callaghan is located at (27.879444, -99.396667).

Education

Callaghan is served by the

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in Laredo.

References

{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Webb County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas Populated places established in 1881 1881 establishments in Texas