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History
Calloway County was created in 1822 from land taken from Hickman County. The courthouse was built in 1823. A fire at the courthouse in 1906 caused the almost complete destruction of the county records. Calloway county was named after Richard Callaway.
Fort Heiman was a Confederate fort established in 1862 by Confederate Colonel Adolphus Heiman, 10th Tennessee, during the U.S. Civil War near present day New Concord, Calloway County, Kentucky. It was bandoned in 1862 by Confederate forces and occupied by Union forces for about a year, and reoccupied by Confederate forces in 1864.
Established by Confederates in January 1862 to protect Fort Henry across the Tennessee River. The post was abandoned before completion on 4 Feb 1862 when Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant approached. Union forces occupied the fort for almost a year before abandoning it as unnecessary. While Union forces occupied the fort they improved the defenses to include a garrison area and a redoubt.
In 1864, Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest occupied Fort Heiman. His cavalry and artillery shelled and sank several Union gunboats. Forrest raided Johnsonville, Tenneese, from Fort Heiman sinking ships and burning an important Union supply depot. His Confederate forces abandoned the fort later in 1864.
Adjacent Counties
Cities & Communities
- Almo
- Backusburg
- Blood
- Boatwright
- Coldwater
- Crossland
- Dexter
- Elm Grove
- Faxon
- Five Points
- Harris Grove
- Hazel
- Hico
- Kirksey
- Lynn Grove
- Midway
- Murray (County Seat)
- New Concord
- Penny
- Protemus
- Shiloh
- Stella
- Wadesboro
- Wiswell
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Kentucky Genealogy - Calloway County
