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Calhoun, Kentucky



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  • City Description

    Calhoun is a city in McLean County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 836 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of McLean County. It is included in the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is named for one-term Congressman John Calhoun. Calhoun is located at 37°32′19″N 87°15′34″W / 37.53861, -87.25944 (37.538633, -87.259414), on the Green River, the longest river entirely in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and is home to the Army Corps of Engineers' Lock and Dam #2. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²), of which, 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (2.86%) is water. The city was founded by Captain Henry Rhoads in 1788 as Rhoadsville, and was also known as Fort Vienna to protect a bend in the Green River. It has been the county seat of McLean County since the county's formation in 1854. As of the census of 2000, there were 836 people, 357 households, and 210 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,231.1 people per square mile (474.7/km²). There were 395 housing units at an average density of 581.7/sq mi (224.3/km²). The

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    City Contained By:

    • McLean County
    • Kentucky

    Timezones:

    • Central Time zone

    Size:

    • 1.81299167724 km squared

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