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Calhoun, city, seat of Gordon county, northwestern Georgia, U.S. It lies near the Oostanaula River, 21 miles (34 km) northeast of Rome. Known formerly as Oothcaloga (“Place of the Beaver Dams”) and, later, as Dawsonville, the town was renamed in 1850 to honour the South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun. The town was nearly destroyed during the American Civil War (1864) by General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Union army and was subsequently rebuilt. Calhoun is now an agricultural trading centre (dairy, cattle, and poultry); its manufactures include textiles, outboard motors, and heavy equipment. Nearby is New Echota, location of the last ...(100 of 154 words)

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