Editing Calhoun County, Iowa (section)

==History==
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Calhoun County was formed on January 15, 1851, from open land originally named ''Fox County''. It was renamed in 1853 after the seventh US vice president secessionist [[John C. Calhoun]]. When the tracks of the 
[[Illinois Central Railroad]] were laid through the county in 1870, the county seat was moved from [[Lake City, Iowa|Lake City]] to [[Rockwell City]]. The first train reached Rockwell City on August 7, 1882, and the population count doubled in the same year. The first courthouse, built of wood, burned to the ground in 1884 and the county government moved into a nearby hotel. In 1913, the [[Calhoun County Courthouse (Iowa)|current courthouse]] was built.

On July 6, 1893, [[Pomeroy, Iowa|Pomeroy]] was struck by a [[tornado]] that measured [[Fujita scale|F5]] on the Fujita scale. With a damage path {{convert|500|yd}} wide and {{convert|55|mi|km}} long, the tornado destroyed about 80% of the homes in Pomeroy. The tornado killed 71 people and injured 200.