Calhoun (Georgia)
Gordon County
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Calhoun is a city in Gordon County, Georgia in the United States of America. The population was in the year 2000 10.667, in the years to 2005, there was an above-average increase of 13,570 people. The small town is the administrative seat of the county.
Geography
Okmulgee is located at coordinates 34 ° 30 'N, 84 ° 57' 84.9425 W34.5 - on the banks of the River Oostanaula. According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of the city covers 33.2 square miles, of which 3.0 square miles of water surfaces. The town is located approximately 110 kilometers north of Atlanta and 80 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee. To the east of the city center extends Interstate 75, running in the north -south Interstate Highway.
History
Calhoun, with the capital of the Cherokee New Echota, to December 29, 1835 was a part of the nation of the Cherokee, a nation of American Indians. While the Cherokee refused to leave their homelands, President Andrew Jackson, the U.S. Army sent to the Indians forcibly expel from the north Georgia to Oklahoma. This expulsion became known as the Trail of Tears.
After the Cherokee were driven from their land, Georgia claimed their settlements. These were in addition to other counties also to Gordon County. A small town called Dawsonville, named after the owner of a grocery store, was founded in Gordon County. The town was renamed after the death of Senator John C. Calhoun in 1850 in his honor in Calhoun. 1851 Calhoun became the county seat.
On January 5, 1861, Georgia broke away from the Union and Calhoun was during the Civil War of the Confederate States of America. On May 16, 1864, the Battle of Adairsville between Generals Sherman and Confederate General Johnston was conducted near Calhouns.
Demography
According to the census of 2000, there were 10,667 people in Calhoun; were counted 4,049 households and 2,672 families. The population density was 354 people per square kilometer. The racial sits down the population made up of 77.91 percent White, 0.42 percent Native Americans, 7.56 percent African American, 1.00 percent Asian, 0.14 percent were from the Pacific Islands and 11.61 percent from other races; 1.36 percent are descended from two or more races. 17.07 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,049 households out of which 30.9 percent of children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8 percent were married couples living together, 13.9 percent were single mothers and 34.0 percent were non-families. 28.8 percent of all households and 12.0 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.07.
24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 11.2 percent 18-24 Years, 31.0 percent between 25 and 44, 20.1 percent between 45 and 64, and 13.5 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males.
The median income for a household was $ 33,618, and the median income for a family was $ 42,310. Males had a median income of $ 27,616, women $ 25,018. The per capita income was $ 19,887. 16.8 percent of the population and 12.5 percent of families are below the poverty line. This included 20.8 percent of children and adolescents under 18 years and 19.1 percent of seniors aged 65 and over.
Attractions
- New Echota Historic Site, first capital of the Cherokee Nation, the Treaty of New Echota Signature location
- Oakleigh / Gordon County Historical Society
- Mercer Air Museum
Personalities
- Cosby Smith Hubbard (1889-1963), Georgia Congressman
- Stand Watie (1806-1871), chief of the Cherokee and general of the Confederate Army