Do you know of Calaveras ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Calaveras. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Calaveras.

We found mention of Calaveras as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in San Joaquin County, California.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1861 and closed  in 1862.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Calaveras ...

We found one communities that share the name Calaveras.

Within California, the name Calaveras is unique.

Beyond California, there is another community also named Calaveras in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Texas
    • Wilson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Calaveras [Wilson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Calaveras ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Calaveras:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The FIPS database contains an entry for Calaveras.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 06/09640   (Place Name: Calaveras)

County: San Joaquin     (FIPS State/County: 06/077)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Calaveras) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  San Joaquin County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in San Joaquin County.