Calhoun County, Alabama

Calhoun County
Calhoun County
County
	Calhoun County courthouse in Anniston
	Location within the U.S. state of Alabama
	Alabama's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 33°46′10″N 85°49′15″W / 33.769444444444°N 85.820833333333°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Founded	December 18, 1832; as Benton County
Named for	John C. Calhoun
Seat	Anniston
Largest city	Oxford
Area
• Total	612 sq mi (1,590 km2)
• Land	606 sq mi (1,570 km2)
• Water	6.4 sq mi (17 km2) 1.0%
Population (2020)
• Total	116,441
• Estimate (2023)	116,429
• Density	190/sq mi (73/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	www.calhouncounty.org
	County Number 11 on Alabama License Plates;

Calhoun County is a county in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,441.^[1] Its county seat is Anniston.^[2] It is named in honor of John C. Calhoun, a US Senator from South Carolina.

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.