Why you'd want to live in Calloway County
Located in southwestern Kentucky, Calloway County was established in 1822. Calloway County was one of eight counties formed from the Jackson Purchase, which is the area west of the Tennessee River that was bought from the Chickasaw Indian Nation in 1818. The county was named for early Kentucky settler Richard Callaway (spelled differently), who was killed in a Native American attack at Fort Boonesborough in 1780. via explorekyhistory.ky.gov