Calcutta

History

The first permanent settlement in the area was in 1792 or 1793 by hunter John Quinn. Calcutta was laid out in 1810 as West Union. It had also been called Foulkstown after William Foulks, who built the first brick house there, as well as Nineveh, after the Biblical city of the same name. It was ultimately renamed after the Indian city of Kolkata, formerly anglicized as Calcutta. William Holmes McGuffey, a college professor who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers textbooks, established his first subscription school in Calcutta in 1814, where he was an instructor to 48 students. Historically a rural town, Calcutta experienced development in the 20th century as businesses from neighboring East Liverpool relocated to larger shopping centers along Ohio State Route 170.

Geography

Calcutta is located near the center of St. Clair Township in southeastern Columbiana County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Calcutta CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.11%, is water. The Calcutta CDP extends southwest as far as the U.S. Route 30 expressway, and east and north as far Little Beaver Creek, touching the Pennsylvania state line where the creek crosses the border briefly. The CDP is bordered by Longs Run, a tributary of Little Beaver Creek, on the northwest. To the southwest of Calcutta, across US 30, is the CDP of Glenmoor. The city of East Liverpool is to the south via St. Clair Avenue.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,590
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  2,261
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,093
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  2,079
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  2,059
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,868
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,816
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,737

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2024-09-11
  4 km WNW of Claysville, Pennsylvania
• M 3 — 2024-03-30
  2 km SSW of Maple Ridge, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2021-11-19
  2 km NW of Sherrodsville, Ohio
• M 2.6 — 2021-10-28
  1 km NW of Sherrodsville, Ohio
• M 4 — 2011-12-31
  3 km NW of Youngstown, Ohio
• M 3.7 — 2007-03-12
  Ohio