Most of Calhoun City was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1910.
The Calhoun City post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Burkett (1905), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 477 in 19102020 census: 1,533119 years
How historic is Calhoun City?
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More historic than 14% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Calhoun City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Calhoun City’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Calhoun City is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Calhoun City’s overall grade.
Mississippi towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Mississippi town has 71.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Calhoun City’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (19% of Mississippi towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Calhoun City’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The site of Calhoun City was part of the Chickasaw nation before the earliest settlers.
The first person to settle in the area was Thomas T. Gore, who settled the area around 1840.
On July 25, 1905, The state granted a charter for the town of Burkett. Developed by Frank Burkitt, a Confederate veteran from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee in anticipation of the Southern Railway's branch line extending into the county.
In 1906, the town was renamed from Burkett to Calhoun City, named after John C. Calhoun. The state incorporated the town July 25, 1906.
The Calhoun City post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Calhoun City rank for history?
Calhoun City is more historic than 14% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Calhoun City?
8% of Calhoun City’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.1 points), against a typical 4.5% for a Mississippi town; the median home was built in 1971.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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