Calhoun is an

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Lowndes County, Alabama Lowndes County is in the central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 10,311. Its county seat is Hayneville. The county is named in honor of William Lowndes, a member of the United States Con ...

, United States.

History

A post office operated under the name Calhoun from 1851 to 1973. Calhoun was formerly home to the Calhoun Colored School, a private boarding and day school. Ramah Baptist Church in Calhoun is listed on the

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Notable natives

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, painter * William K. Payne, president of Georgia State College from 1949 until his death in 1963 * Tommy Sampson,

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in the

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References

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