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Calhoun County

county in Alabama, United States
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Summary

Calhoun County is a county of Alabama[1]. It draws 613 Wikipedia views per month (county of alabama category, ranking #22 of 68).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Alabama[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Anniston[5]
  • Shares border with: Cherokee County[6], Cleburne County[7], Talladega County[8], St. Clair County[9], Etowah County[10]
  • Named after: John C. Calhoun[11]
  • Headquarters location: Anniston[12]
  • Commons category: Calhoun County, Alabama[13]
  • Licence plate code: 11[14]
  • Inception: December 18, 1832[15]
  • Coordinate location: 33.769444444444, -85.820833333333[16]
  • Official website: http://www.calhouncounty.org[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Calhoun County, Alabama[18]
  • Population: 118,572[19], 118,448[20], 117,769[21], 117,253[22], 116,736[23], 115,620[24], 116,441[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:Calhoun County, Alabama[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Calhoun County, Alabama[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Calhoun County, Alabama[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Calhoun County, Alabama[29]
  • Number of households: 44,572[30]
  • Native label: Calhoun County[31]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107695[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Calhoun County, Alabama[33]
  • Different from: Calhoun County[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 223[35]
  • Area: 1586[36], 605.87[37], 1569[38]
  • Water as percent of area: 1[39]

Why It Matters

Calhoun County has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Alabama John C. Calhoun United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14901 → calhoun-county
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55023|batch #55023]]: Encyclopedia of Alabama update - add values for P14901 based on existing values of P6010"
  2. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Calhoun County, Ala
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Calhoun County, Alabama.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidenti"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Calhoun County, Alabama
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+223'}
    Topic's main category → Category:Calhoun County, Alabama
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+1'}
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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