Calhoun, Alabama Explained

Official Name:	Calhoun, Alabama
Settlement Type:	Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:	Alabama#USA
Pushpin Label:	Calhoun
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Name1:	Alabama
Subdivision Name2:	Lowndes
Elevation Ft:	272
Timezone:	Central (CST)
Utc Offset:	-6
Timezone Dst:	CDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-5
Latitude:	32.02459
Longitude:	-86.45191-->
Coordinates:	32.0503°N -86.545°W
Postal Code Type:	ZIP code
Area Code:	334

Calhoun is an unincorporated community in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States.

History

A post office operated under the name Calhoun from 1851 to 1973.^[1]

Calhoun was formerly home to the Calhoun Colored School, a private boarding and day school.^[2]

Ramah Baptist Church in Calhoun is listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.^[3]

Notable natives

• Sidney Dickinson, painter
• William K. Payne, president of Georgia State College from 1949 until his death in 1963
• Tommy Sampson, second baseman in the Negro leagues

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lowndes County . Jim Forte Postal History . 1 March 2020.
2. Book: Hasan Kwame Jeffries. Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt. 1 July 2009. NYU Press. 978-0-8147-4306-5. 263.
3. Web site: Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage . Alabama Historical Commission . 1 March 2020.