Calhoun’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Calhoun. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Calhoun was platted in 1837. The town was named after John C. Calhoun, seventh Vice President of the United States. A post office called Calhoun has been in operation since 1844.
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Start Calhoun’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Calhoun’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewNewman Bridge, Spanning West Tabo…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Calhoun
See all 1 →Calhoun, decade by decade
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Nothing in Calhoun is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Calhoun has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William F. and Julia Crome House in Clinton, 10.7 miles away.
Calhoun and the nearest listed places
Closest to Calhoun
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Newman Bridge, Spanning West Tabo Creek At County Road Northeast 500 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.