Historical Marker

New Echota Cemetery (1962)

Calhoun · Gordon County · Erected 1962

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Marks the burial ground of New Echota, resting place of Cherokee chief Pathkiller and of Harriet Gold Boudinot, the Connecticut-born wife of Phoenix editor Elias Boudinot, who died in childbirth at thirty.

About this site

New Echota Cemetery is a historical marker in Calhoun, Gordon County, erected in 1962. It is one of 65 historical markers documented in Gordon County, among 104 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.5335, -84.9081 near Calhoun. The nearest cataloged historic site is New Echota Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Trail of Tears, Cherokee Indian Memorial, and New Echota.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

Also at or near Calhoun, Gordon County

“New Echota Cemetery” names 2 distinct records in Gordon County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1962 in Calhoun. The others:

New Echota Cemetery — Cemetery in Calhoun

📍 34.5335, -84.9081 · Calhoun, Gordon County

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Nearby in Gordon County

Cherokee Indian Memorial