Calamine, Arkansas

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Calamine
Unincorporated community
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Calamine
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Calamine
Calamine (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°00′41″N91°23′56″W / 36.01139°N 91.39889°W / 36.01139; -91.39889
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Arkansas.svg Arkansas
County Sharp
Elevation
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97 m (318 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID47275 [1]

Calamine is an unincorporated community in Sharp County, Arkansas, United States. [1]

History

Zinc mining gave the town its start, hence the name calamine. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calamine, Arkansas
  2. ↑ "Colorful Names". Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. Archived from the original on November 24, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2014.


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