Rilla, Calhoun, West Virginia

Rilla was the name of a rural community in today's Calhoun County, West Virginia, about 20 miles south of Grantsville. It is unclear when the community was first started. It is said that Rilla became a "boom town" around 1890, with a population upwards of 300, which quickly dropped back down to less than 100 in the early 1900s. Rilla was called Fez for a short time around the end of the 1800's, and around 1905 was renamed Orma, after Orma Stalnaker. West Virginia Route 16 runs through present day Orma, and the community sits on several small branches of the Little Kanawha River.