Calhoun, GA Road Trips
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Trip Routes
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Longest Drive
250.4 mi
Albany, GA
Quickest Drive
4h 48m
Albany, GA
Plan Around Calhoun, GA
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Calhoun, GA by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
17,611
Median Income
$51,439
Median Home Value
$240,700
Median Age
34.9
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Notable People from Calhoun, GA
A sampling of people born in Calhoun, GA.
McCartney Kessler
1999
US American tennis player (born 1999)
William Thompson
1848–1918
American archer (1848–1918)
Elias Boudinot
1802–1839
Cherokee Indian leader (1802–1839)
Landmarks & Historic Sites
Attractions and heritage-registered places located in Calhoun, GA.
New Echota
historic site in Calhoun, Georgia, USA
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Traveler Guide to Calhoun, GA
Calhoun is in the Northwest High Country of Georgia and has this sort of idiosyncrasy in that it calls itself "The Land Of The Cherokee" even though there's hardly a Cherokee left standing, thanks to things like President Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act. But there was a time when it was the land of the Cherokee, after they had been pushed out of their former territory in modern day eastern Tennessee and western South Carolina by European Americans. Here they established a town called Ustanali and then an actual capital called New Echota where council meetings were held and a newspaper was printed using the syllabary that Sequoyah had created. By the 1830s though, they were forced out by Georgia and the command of Winfield Scott, with broken treaties of promised sovereignty in the Indian Territory that would become Oklahoma.
1 New Echota Historic Site, ☏ +1 706-624-1321. This historic site encompasses New Echota, the capital of the Cherokee Nation from 1825 to their forced removal in the 1830s. 2 Resaca Battlefield Historic Site, 6 GA-136, Resaca, ☏ +1 706 624-1336. Supposedly the first major fight of the Georgia Campaign of the Civil War in 1864 with General William T. Sherman which shattered the Georgia's economic resources of the military power of the southern Confederacy. (updated Nov 2021) 3 Rock Garden, Calhoun, 1411 Rome Rd SW, ☏ +1 706 629-5470. A very strange place with miniature rock sculptures of things like the Coliseum and Notre Dame everywhere. (updated Nov 2021)
1 Super 8 by Wyndham Calhoun, 115 Jameson St, ☏ +1 706 383-7594. Outdoor pool. (updated Nov 2021) 2 Baymont by Wyndham Calhoun, 125 Hampton Drive, ☏ +1 706 629-8566. This one's pool sometimes seems to be a little green. (updated Nov 2021)
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