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Distance: 2.0 MiPO Box 475
36202-0475 Anniston -
Childersburg City of Library
Distance: 40.5 Mi124 9th Avenue Southwest
35044 Childersburg -
B&B Reporting, Inc.
Distance: 58.2 Mi
35136 Rockford -
Polson & Robbins
Distance: 56.6 Mi2131 Magnolia Ave S Ste 101
35205-2836 Birmingham -
Shelley L. Bilbrey, P.C
Distance: 85.2 Mi229 Eastside Sq
35801-4802 Huntsville
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Formerly know as Benton County, Calhoun County rests in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountain chain. Located on Interstate 20 approximately 50 miles East of Birmingham Alabama and 80 miles West of Atlanta Georgia. Calhoun County has numerous activities and recreation located within the county in addition to the "Big City" life located only a stones throw in either direction. Calhoun County was created in 1839 from land ceded by the Creek Indians. It was originally named after Col. Thomas Hart Benton, but it was later changed in 1858 in memory of South Carolina Sen. John C. Calhoun. The county seat was established at Jacksonville in 1833, but it was moved to Anniston in 1899. The county is largely urbanized and has a population of more than 117,000 with 19 percent black, 79 percent white, 1 percent latino and 1 percent other. Sixty-seven percent of adults have completed high school. The county has 19 elementary schools, five middle schools,15 high schools, a technical school, two two-year colleges and one four-year university.