Editing Gordon County, Georgia (section)

==Geography==
[[File:GA 66 I75 FHWA 1967 493.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Interstate 75 between Adairsville and Calhoun, 1967]]
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|358|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|356|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.2|sqmi}} (0.6%) 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}}</ref>

Mountains in Gordon County include [[Baugh Mountain]] and Horn Mountain.<ref name=Baugh>{{cite loj| id =129529 | name =Baugh Mountain| access-date = March 6, 2016}}</ref><ref name=HornMountain>{{cite loj| id =129331 | name =Gordon County HP| access-date = March 6, 2016}}</ref>

The eastern half of Gordon County is located in the [[Coosawattee River]] sub-basin of the [[ACT River Basin]] (Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin). Most of the western half of the county is located in the [[Oostanaula River]] sub-basin of the same larger ACT River Basin, while a small northerly portion of the county, between [[Resaca, Georgia|Resaca]] and Industrial City, is in the [[Conasauga River]] sub-basin of the ACT 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 18, 2015 |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003004639/http://www.gaswcc.org/maps/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Gordon County has the most interstate exits out of all of the counties in Georgia, because of its location in the middle of [[Interstate 75]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2008 |title=Northwest: Road To Everywhere |url=https://www.georgiatrend.com/2008/04/01/northwest-road-to-everywhere/ |access-date=July 11, 2023 |website=Georgia Trend Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=GA|I|75|SR|401|location1=SR&nbsp;401 is the [[Unsigned highway|unsigned]] designation for I-75}}
* {{jct|state=GA|US|41|SR|3}}
* {{jct|state=GA|US|411|SR|61}}
* {{jct|state=GA|SR|53}}
** {{jct|state=GA|SR-Spur|53|dab1=Calhoun|name1=Calhoun}}
* {{jct|state=GA|SR|136}}
** {{jct|state=GA|SR-Conn|136|dab1=Calhoun|name1=Calhoun}}
* {{jct|state=GA|SR|156}}
* {{jct|state=GA|SR|225}}

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Murray County, Georgia|Murray County]] - north
* [[Whitfield County, Georgia|Whitfield County]] - north
* [[Gilmer County, Georgia|Gilmer County]] - northeast
* [[Pickens County, Georgia|Pickens County]] - east
* [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee County]] - southeast
* [[Bartow County, Georgia|Bartow County]] - south
* [[Floyd County, Georgia|Floyd County]] - west
* [[Walker County, Georgia|Walker County]] - northwest
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===National protected area===
* [[Chattahoochee National Forest]] (part)