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| Calhoun county has an area of 1,192 square miles. Its population in 1890 was
1,681, in 1900 it was 5,132 and in 1910 it was 7,465. This county borders the
Gulf of Mexico and is limited on the east by tbe Apalachicola river.
Its soils are largely of a loose sandy nature underlaid with clay; there are also some fine hammock lands. The timber consists principally of pine and cypress with large quantities of valuable hardwoods along the creeks and rivers. Calhoun has much importance among the counties of Florida as being probably the largest producer of honey. Calhoun county honey has a reputation all its own in outside markets. The principal farm products are cotton, corn, oats, sweet potatoes, cane syrup, rice and peanuts. Blountstown on the Apalachicola river is the county seat. Chapin, George M., Florida, 1513 - 1913, Past, Present and Future, Four Hundred Years of War and Peace and Industrial Development, (c) 1914, Vol. 1, 752 pages, pg. 612 From the Florida Memory Project - WPA - Brief History of Calhoun County. |