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Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,229, [1] making it the third-least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Grantsville. [2] The county was founded in 1856 and named for South Carolina politician John C. Calhoun. [3] [4]
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
In these counties, the new magisterial districts are used only for the allocation of county officials, and the collection of census data; the former magisterial districts continue to exist in the form of tax districts. [6] A List of the current and former magisterial districts of West Virginia, sorted by county: [1] [7]
It is the county seat of Calhoun County. [5] The town was established along the Little Kanawha River [6] in 1865 and named for Ulysses S. Grant. [7] [8] Grantsville is home to Wayne Underwood Park, which includes a .25-mile-long (0.40 km) walking trail, and to the annual West Virginia Wood Festival.
Calhoun County. William Stemple (D-33rd District) Clay County. none; Doddridge County. none; Fayette County. Tom Louisos (D-29th District) David G. Perry (D-29th District) John Pino (D-29th District) Gilmer County. none; Grant County. Allen Evans (R-48th District) Greenbrier County. Thomas W. Campbell (D-28th District) Ray Canterbury (R-28th ...
Location of Calhoun County in West Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Calhoun County, West Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Big Bend (shown as Bigbend on federal maps) is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 5 northwest of the town of Grantsville, the county seat of Calhoun County, along the Little Kanawha River. [1] Its elevation is 682 feet (208 m). [2] It has a post office with the ZIP code ...
Mount Zion is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 16 to the south of the town of Grantsville, the county seat of Calhoun County. [1] Its elevation is 1,132 feet (345 m). [2] Mount Zion's ZIP code is 26151. [3] Mt. Zion is home to several of Calhoun County's essential ...