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Calhoun County, Mississippi

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2historic places

—earliest paper

1852formed

13,266pop. 2020

89cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1992. Most listings are in or near Vardaman, Slate Springs.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Mississippi 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

Property	City	Type	Listed
New Liberty School	Vardaman	Building	1997
West Mound	Slate Springs	Structure	1992

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 1852 (1852-06-08) from Chickasaw, Lafayette, Yalobusha.

CALHOUN created from CHICKASAW, LAFAYETTE, and YALOBUSHA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Calhoun County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
9,518	13,492	16,512	16,823	20,893	18,369	15,941	15,664	15,069	13,266

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

89 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 89 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Cemetery	34.05088	-89.3499
Ball Cemetery	33.74841	-89.19973
Ballenger Cemetery	None	None
Banner Cemetery	None	None
Benela Cemetery	33.82983	-89.27729
Bently Cemetery	33.75705	-89.23395
Bethel Cemetery	33.74567	-89.44257
Bethel Cemetery	33.75858	-89.41791
Bethlehem Cemetery	33.75345	-89.25851
Billie Quarters Steen Cemetery	None	None
Bradsford Cemetery	33.72261	-89.48563
Bruce Cemetery	34.00435	-89.34893
Calhoun City Cemetery	33.85261	-89.30701
Camp Ground Cemetery	None	None
Cannon Homestead Cemetery	None	None
Centerville Cemetery	33.94177	-89.34785
Chandler Cemetery	None	None
Chapel Hill Cemetery	33.85969	-89.42121
Clear Springs Cemetery	33.93705	-89.43202
Collums Cemetery	34.05844	-89.2484
Concord Cemetery	34.01189	-89.43186
County Line Cemetery	None	None
Cozart Cemetery	None	None
Cross Road Cemetery	33.78594	-89.33423
Cruthins Cemetery	None	None
Denley Cemetery	None	None
Drivers Flat Cemetery	34.14733	-89.45868
Duncan Hill Cemetery	33.87511	-89.26062
Ellzy Cemetery	None	None
Friendship Cemetery	33.8015	-89.35312
Gaston Springs Cemetery	33.94149	-89.29757
Gauley Cemetery	33.89844	-89.35785
Hendley Cemetery	None	None
Ivy Cemetery	None	None
Knights of Pythias Cemetery	None	None
Lester Cemetery	None	None
Lewellien Cemetery	None	None
Lewers Cemetery	None	None
Loyd Cemetery	33.95788	-89.2259
Macedonia Cemetery	33.88927	-89.31201
Magness Cemetery	33.76543	-89.45116
McGaurik Cemetery	None	None
McPhail Cemetery	33.76665	-89.37377
Midway Cemetery	33.8265	-89.16117
Moore Cemetery	None	None
Moreland Cemetery	33.77582	-89.34994
Mount Comfort Cemetery	None	None
Mount Herman Cemetery	33.89066	-89.22673
Mount Liberty Cemetery	34.15205	-89.50869
Mount Moriah Cemetery	34.0412	-89.30733
Mount Tabor Cemetery	33.92566	-89.41063
New Gauley Cemetery	33.85705	-89.35562
New Liberty Cemetery	33.89122	-89.23479
Oak Springs Cemetery	33.88344	-89.29312
Old Antioch Cemetery	None	None
Old Campground Cemetery	None	None
Old Providence Cemetery	33.81677	-89.23895
Old Tabernacle Cemetery	33.92094	-89.41313
Old Town Cemetery	33.9833	-89.29203
Parker-Salem Cemetery	None	None
Petree Cemetery	None	None
Pine Ridge Cemetery	33.87636	-89.46397
Pittsboro Cemetery	33.93455	-89.33479
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	33.79761	-89.36812
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery	33.75682	-89.27481
Poplar Springs Cemetery	33.99177	-89.1959
Potts Cemetery	None	None
Providence Cemetery	33.81761	-89.24006
Ragland Cemetery	None	None
Reasons Cemetery	34.02945	-89.40523
Rocky Mount Cemetery	34.01135	-89.24392
Sabougla Cemetery	None	None
Sarepta Cemetery	None	None
Shelton Cemetery	None	None
Shiloh Cemetery	33.84733	-89.50424
Simpson Cemetery	None	None
Spring Creek Cemetery	34.1076	-89.39424
Spring Hill Cemetery	33.74477	-89.29632
Stewart Cemetery	None	None
Turkey Creek Cemetery	34.07566	-89.4948

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

Historical markers

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