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History and Records Gordon County, Georgia was created in 1850, and was named for William Washington Gordon of Savannah, the first president of the Central of Georgia Railroad, and the first Georgian to graduate from West Point Military Academy (see Monument). Also for more info see Manuscripts Department Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION #2235 GORDON FAMILY PAPERS The parent counties from which Gordon County was organized were Cass and Floyd. Early marriage records were destroyed by Federal troops in the spring of 1864. The county seat is Calhoun. Calhoun formerly OOTHCALOGA, lies near the Oostanaula River, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Rome. The name was changed from Oothcaloga ("Place of the Beaver Dams") in 1850 to honour for Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, an exponent of the theory that any state could nullify any act of Congress which it believed unconstitutional
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