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Calamine
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Sharp
Elevation	97 m (318 ft)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
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. Calamine has been noted for its unusual place name.

On April 26, 2011, a tornado reportedly hit the Calamine area causing one death (see April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak).

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‡

Towns	Sidney Williford

Unincorporated communities	Aetna Ben-Gay Calamine Grange Ozark Acres Poughkeepsie

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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