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 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Murray Nam...