Calloway County, Kentucky

Founding: 1822
Parent county: Hickman

Namesake: Richard Calloway, Kentucky settler
Seat: Wadesboro (1822–1842); Murray (1842–)

Land area: 385 square miles

Population (2020): 37,103

Population (historic): 5,164 (1830); 9,915 (1860); 13,295 (1880); 17,633 (1900); 17,662 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1850s; 1870–1920; 1930–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

National Register listings: 17

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 970 (5.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $453
Average outbuilding value (1930): $247
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,293
Average farm size (1920): 38 acres
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Murray

Namesake: John Murray, Kentucky politician

Founding: 1842 (platting); 1843 (post office); 1844 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 17,307

Population (historic): 218 (1860); 636 (1880); 1,822 (1900); 2,891 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870s; 1890–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 529 (6.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Seclusaval / Peter Hamlin House (1838–1839). 16 Navy Drive. Federal.