Chalk Mountain at its zenith had eighty-one inhabitants. And that was at the turn of the century. Originally established as a trading center before the Civil War, the settlement had its start in the 1850s but did not become a town until the 1870s when its post office first opened. By 1910, the population had decreased to fifty residents. The most prominent building today is the two-story frame Masonic lodge. The lodge occupied the second floor with the first floor being the town store. At last count, there were about six occupied residences. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth

Chalk Mountain cemetary is currently still in tact and has had several new "residence" in the last few years. The earliest grave marker we found was from 2011.
The current buildings listed on your website are still current and acurate. However some of the buildings that looked to be orginals are nothing more than walls and a roof that looks to be ready to collapse. You cannot access the buildings closeup either as they now have a barbwire fencing that runs along the roadway that blocks off access unless you are willing to climb the fence, which I was not. There is currently a Chalk Moutain Wildlife Association that has taken residence in the area.
The Masonic Lodge has been remodeled to look new and updated. It looks as if they have redone the whole second floor. We did not see any of the church buildings shown in the pictures, but we may have just missed them as this town is very little but very spread out. We did not see more than a handful of houses in the area. Billie Winkle