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Calhoun City in Calhoun County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
 

Thomas T. Gore

 
 
Thomas T. Gore Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 25, 2017
1. Thomas T. Gore Marker
Inscription. First settler in what is now Calhoun City. Born 1776. Left S. Carolina in 1817 for Alabama. Came to Mississippi in 1840. Pioneer, politician, patriot, planter. Died October 20, 1855. Buried on old homesite ½ mi. NW.
 
Erected 1986 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & PoliticsSettlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical date for this entry is October 20, 1855.
 
Location. 33° 51.297′ N, 89° 18.675′ W. Marker is in Calhoun City, Mississippi, in Calhoun County. It is at the intersection of Public Square and Main Street on Public Square. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Public Square, Calhoun City MS 38916, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the North Mississippi Hills. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
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Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 3 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Calhoun County Veterans Monument (here, next to this marker); Calhoun County Blues (approx. 9.6 miles away); Calhoun County War Memorial (approx. 9.6 miles away).
 
Thomas T. Gore Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 25, 2017
2. Thomas T. Gore Marker
Located on the southern end of the public square near the Calhoun County War Memorial.
View east towards Veterans Avenue and the Calhoun City Fire & Police departments. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 25, 2017
3. View east towards Veterans Avenue and the Calhoun City Fire & Police departments.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 27, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 767 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 27, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
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