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== Geography == The county seat is Morgan,<ref name="GR6">{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Calhoun_County,_Georgia |access-date=November 28, 2021 |title=Ballotpedia |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109224743/https://ballotpedia.org/Calhoun_County,_Georgia |url-status=live }}</ref> where the historic [[Calhoun County Courthouse (Morgan, Georgia)|Calhoun County Courthouse]] is located. According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|284|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|280|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.2|sqmi}} (1.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The vast majority of Calhoun County is in the [[Ichawaynochaway Creek]] sub-basin of the [[ACF River Basin]] (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). The county's western and southwestern corner, from Arlington running northwest to west of [[Edison, Georgia|Edison]], is in the [[Spring Creek (Flint River)|Spring Creek]] sub-basin of the same larger ACF River Basin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |title=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Interactive Mapping Experience |publisher=Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission |access-date=November 24, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[United States Department of Agriculture]] has designated most of the county's land as [[prime farmland]].<ref name="New Georgia Encyclopedia"/> Agricultural, forestry, and wildlife plantations line the county's eastern edge.<ref name="county website">{{cite web|title=Calhoun County Georgia|url=http://calhouncountyga.com/|access-date=November 29, 2021|archive-date=November 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103210246/http://calhouncountyga.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> === Adjacent counties === * [[Terrell County, GA|Terrell County]] (northeast) * [[Dougherty County, GA|Dougherty County]] (east) * [[Baker County, GA|Baker County]] (southeast) * [[Early County, GA|Early County]] (southwest) * [[Clay County, GA|Clay County]] (west) * [[Randolph County, GA|Randolph County]] (northwest)
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