Calhoun County, West Virginia

Founding: 1856
Parent county: Gilmer

Namesake: John Calhoun, South Carolina politician
Seat: Arnoldsburg (1856–1869); Grantsville (1869–)

Land area: 279 square miles

Population (2020): 6,229

Population (historic): 2,502 (1860); 6,072 (1880); 10,266 (1900); 10,866 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920–1940; 1970s

Subdivisions: One town

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 641 (16.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $670
Average outbuilding value (1930): $301
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,492
Average farm size (1920): 59 acres
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Grantsville

Namesake: Ulysses Grant, U.S. president and soldier

Founding: 1865 (platting); 1866 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 482

Population (historic): 112 (1880); 225 (1900); 1,018 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1910–1940
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 91 (29.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Adam Starcher Log House (c. 1830). Arnoldsburg–Rocksdale Road, west of Altizer. Razed.
2. Albert's Chapel (1903). Sand Ridge Road, northeast of Sand Ridge. Gothic Revival. Razed.

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