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Calhoun is a town in McMinn County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area . It is part of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area . The population was estimated at 536 in 2020.
Built in 1854; currently serves as Niota City Hall. 16: Old College: Old College: December 29, 1983 : College St. Athens: The original building of Athens Female College, now Tennessee Wesleyan College: 17: Trew General Merchandise Store
Interstate 75, which roughly parallels U.S. 11 in the area, runs about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Charleston, and is connected to the city by State Route 308. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2), of which 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2), or 5.77%, is water.
In 1819, the US made what is known as the Calhoun Treaty with the Cherokee, forcing them to cede lands north of the Hiwassee River for settlement. [5] Meigs County was formed by the Tennessee legislature in 1836 from parts of Rhea County. [1]
McMinn County was created in 1819 from Indian lands and was named in honor of Joseph McMinn (1758–1824). [1] McMinn was a militia commander during the Revolutionary War, a member of the territorial legislature, speaker of the state senate, and eventually governor of the state of Tennessee.
William Henry Calhoun (1815–1865) was an American silversmith in the Antebellum South. He was trained in Philadelphia and became a jeweler in Nashville, Tennessee , where he designed silverware in the 1830s-1860s.
Athens is the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee, United States [8] and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 53,569. The city is located almost equidistantly between the major cities of Knoxville and Chattanooga. [9]
67 cities use a mayor-aldermanic charter under Tennessee Code Annotated (TCA) §6-1-101 et seq. Hendersonville is the largest city using this type of charter. 49 cities use a uniform city manager-commission charter under TCA §6-18-101 et seq. Brentwood is the largest city operating with a uniform manager-commission charter.