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Unincorporated community in Arkansas, United States

Calamine
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°00′41″N 91°23′56″W / 36.01139°N 91.39889°W / 36.01139; -91.39889
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Sharp
Elevation	97 m (318 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	47275

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

History

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

References

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

v t e Municipalities and communities of Sharp County, Arkansas, United States
County seat: Ash Flat
Cities	Ash Flat‡ Cave City‡ Cherokee Village‡ Evening Shade Hardy‡ Highland Horseshoe Bend‡	Map of Arkansas highlighting Sharp County
Towns	Sidney Williford
CDP	Ozark Acres
Other unincorporated communities	Aetna Ben-Gay Calamine Poughkeepsie
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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