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  CALHOUN COUNTY DATA

Biographies

Birth Records

Cemeteries

Census

County Records

Death Records

History Topics

 Marriage Records

Military Records

Newspaper Gleanings

Obituaries and Death Notices

School Records

Wills/Probate/Appraisals Records

Past Updates 

Recent Updates
April 2024
Death Notice:
Caleb Hedges, Dr. John Maze
1881-1882 News
Accident News:
John Clevenger and Will Riddle Killed by Gas, John McGill Drowned
Weather News:
French Ward Killed by Lightning
Community News:
W. T. Peddy's Store

July 2023
Wills: William Cambell -
Tr by Ken Campbell

January 2023
Obituary:
George Lynch
Post Office and Postal News:
William Moss Appointment

March 2022
Cemeteries: Clark Jarvis Cemetery- White Oak, Cottrill Cemetery, Hicks Cemetery - Little White Oak, Hicks Cemetery - Chloe, Hicks Cemetery - Stinson , Wayne Cemetery - Orma, White Cemetery - Head of Little White Oak, Yost Cemetery - Douglas
- transcribed by GT Team

Calhoun County was founded in 1856, and is named for South Carolina
politician John C. Calhoun.
Its county seat is Grantsville. Calhoun has one of the largest genealogy collections in the state, housed at Calhoun County Library. The library is also home to the "West Virginia Room" which includes books on West Virginia and by West Virginians.

Incorporated Communities
Town of Grantsville

Unincorporated Communities
Adam * Altizer * Annamoriah * Arnoldsburg * Ayers * Beech
 Big Spr ings * Bigbend * Cabot Station * Chloe * Cremo * Dodrill
 Douglas * Euclid * Five Forks * Freed * Hathaway * Hattie
 Henrietta * Hur * Joker * Leatherbark * Liberty Hill * Millstone
  Milo * Minnora * Mount Zion * Mudfork * Nicut * Nobe
  Oka * Orma * Pink * Pleasant Hill * Purdy * Rhoda * Richardson
  Russet * Sand Ridge * Stinson * Sycamore * White Pine



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