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Welcome to Calhoun ...

Calhoun is located in Lowndes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Calhoun, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

Calhoun is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Calhoun lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Calhoun: 334

Communities Also Named Calhoun ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Calhoun - they are located in Arkansas (2), Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi (3), Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Calhoun.

Communities near Calhoun ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Calhoun.

  • Greenville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Fort Deposit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Mosses
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
    • Mosses is located in Lowndes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
  • Hayneville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Gordonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
    • Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
  • Lowndesboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Sandy Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
    • Sandy Ridge is located in Lowndes County
  • Letohatchee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letohatchee
    • Letohatchee is located in Lowndes County
  • Davenport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Davenport have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
    • Davenport is located in Lowndes County
  • Pintlala
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pintlala
    • Pintlala is located in Montgomery County
    • Former name for Pintlala:
    • Colquitt

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Calhoun. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Calhoun.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Calhoun. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Calhoun.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Calhoun. See our Newspapers Page for Calhoun.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Calhoun ...

Looking for more information about Calhoun? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Calhoun, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Calhoun.

Adding Calhoun to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Calhoun in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Calhoun was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Calhoun post office opened in 1851.

We also found Calhoun in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Calhoun.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lowndes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calhoun - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/