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Calhoun County, Florida

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
2historic places
—earliest paper
1838formed
13,648pop. 2020
22cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Blountstown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Florida is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Calhoun titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 2 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

2 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Cayson Mound and Village SiteBlountstownSite1976
Old Calhoun County CourthouseBlountstownBuilding1980

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Calhoun was formed in 1838 (1838-01-26) from Franklin, Jackson, Washington.

CALHOUN created by Florida Territory from FRANKLIN, JACKSON, and WASHINGTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Calhoun County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

15k7,8119981840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,1421,4461,5805,1328,7758,2187,9227,4229,29413,01713,648

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

22 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 22 of 22 listed
NameLatLon
Atkins Cemetery30.54436-85.03214
Ayers Cemetery30.43463-85.15492
Bailey Cemetery30.48691-85.17056
Barton Cemetery30.56241-85.06242
Boggs Cemetery30.44334-85.06185
Camps Head Cemetery30.53848-85.32065
Chipola Cemetery30.50508-85.12468
Edenfield Cemetery30.54198-85.13661
Gortemoller Cemetery30.54251-85.19381
Herndon Cemetery30.46481-85.20547
McCleanan Cemetery30.35926-85.20088
Mount Olive Cemetery30.59297-85.12686
Nettle Ridge Cemetery30.47908-85.04408
New Shiloh Cemetery30.5373-85.2085
Old Shiloh Cemetery30.54442-85.18449
Pippen Cemetery30.53647-85.29762
Pippin Cemetery30.44338-85.20958
Ritchards Cemetery30.56616-85.14921
Rivertown Community Church Cemetery30.46684-85.07127
Williams Cemetery30.42399-85.17569
Wood Cemetery30.44047-85.08325
Woods Cemetery30.34269-85.0638
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Choconickla30.46686-85.00547
Durham30.4427-85.0752
Eufala30.5002-85.03325
Iolee30.26686-85.13325
Leonards30.4802-85.10464
McNeal30.42853-85.03269
Ocheeseulga30.4002-85.06658

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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