Calhoun County, Arkansas

Founding: 1850
Parent counties: Bradley, Dallas, Ouachita, and Union

Namesake: John Calhoun, South Carolina politician
Seat: Hampton (1851–)

Land area: 629 square miles

Population (2020): 4,739

Population (historic): 4,103 (1860); 5,671 (1880); 8,539 (1900); 9,752 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1920; 1970s

Subdivisions: Two cities; two towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 143 (4.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 9.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 31.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $377
Average outbuilding value (1930): $137
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,684
Average farm size (1920): 37.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi
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Hampton

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps John Hampton, Arkansas politician

Founding: 1851 (platting); 1852 (post office); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,181

Population (historic): 166 (1860); 150 (1880); 406 (1890); 363 (1910); 669 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1880s; 1920s; 1940–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 43 (5.8%)
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