Description Calhoun County has a diverse and unique history.
Daniel Tyler, created their "model city" in Anniston, which began a period of great growth in the county..
In 1872, two northern industrialists, Samuel Noble and Gen.
Calhoun.
By the time of the Civil War, the County would change its name to Calhoun County in honor of South Carolina statesman John C.
Oxford, or "Lick-Skillet," was a frontier town at the time, and Piedmont, or "Cross Plains," was an intersection for the two stagecoach routes.
In 1833, Benton County was incorporated into the state of Alabama and Jacksonville was made the County seat.
After the Treaty of Cusseta removed the Creeks west of the Mississippi in 1832, more settlers began arriving.
By the early 1800s, settlers from Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina came to this scenic mountainous area to farm in the county\'s rich valleys.
Chief Ladiga and his Creek tribe first settled in the northeastern half of the county.
Description Calhoun County has a diverse and unique history
