Editing Calhoun County, Georgia (section)

== History ==
Calhoun County was named for [[John C. Calhoun]], the seventh [[Vice President of the United States]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030710215157/http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf |archive-date=July 10, 2003 |url-status=live | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=31 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> It was created from parts of [[Early County, Georgia|Early]] and [[Baker County, Georgia|Baker]] counties on February 20, 1854.<ref name="New Georgia Encyclopedia">{{cite web|title=Calhoun County|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/calhoun-county/|access-date=November 28, 2021|archive-date=March 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315184321/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/calhoun-county/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Georgia Historical Society">{{cite web|title=Calhoun County historic marker|url=https://georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/calhoun-county/|access-date=November 28, 2021|archive-date=December 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208235349/https://georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/calhoun-county/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rival political factions disagreed about whether the county seat should be in Concord, a community north of present-day [[Leary, Georgia|Leary]], or in [[Dickey, Georgia|Dickey]], then known as Whitney. As a compromise, a spot halfway between Concord and Whitney was chosen for the county seat, and the town of Morgan was established there.<ref name="New Georgia Encyclopedia"/>

In 1923 the [[Georgia General Assembly|state legislature]] moved the county seat to [[Arlington, Georgia|Arlington]] as directed by a county referendum. This decision was reversed in 1929, restoring Morgan as the county seat.<ref name="New Georgia Encyclopedia"/>

Calhoun Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Arlington originally founded as a [[Hill–Burton Act|Hill-Burton]] hospital,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQvtmKWDx-wC&dq=%22calhoun+memorial+hospital%22+georgia+hill-burton&pg=PA19|title=Report on Hill-Burton Hospitals and Their Obligations|year=1984|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref> closed in 2013 after 62 years of operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiahealthnews.com/2013/02/small-rural-hospital-closes-doors-follow/|title=Small rural hospital closes doors|date=February 4, 2013|access-date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004080535/https://www.georgiahealthnews.com/2013/02/small-rural-hospital-closes-doors-follow/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.walb.com/story/20939553/calhoun-memorial-hospital-closes/|title=Calhoun Memorial Hospital closes|access-date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202230948/https://www.walb.com/story/20939553/calhoun-memorial-hospital-closes/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008, members of the Downtown Business Authority in Arlington founded the South Georgia Regional [[Information Technology Authority]] (SGRITA) with help from the state government to provide wireless broadband service to several counties in rural southwest Georgia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/georgia-citizens-take-broadband-into-their-own-hands/|title=Georgia citizens take broadband into their own hands|date=April 24, 2009|access-date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=November 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126095725/https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/georgia-citizens-take-broadband-into-their-own-hands|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manta.com/c/mm8nv6d/sgrita|title=Sgrita|access-date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129170320/https://www.manta.com/c/mm8nv6d/sgrita|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017 SGRITA moved its office to [[Blakely, Georgia|Blakely]] in Early County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.earlycountynews.com/articles/sgrita-relocating-to-city-hall/|title=SGRITA relocating to City Hall|access-date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129171959/https://www.earlycountynews.com/articles/sgrita-relocating-to-city-hall/|url-status=live}}</ref>