Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Calera came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Calera in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Calera. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Calera data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Calera:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Map of Alabama (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Calera in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Calera for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Calera. See our Misc Page for Calera for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Calera:

Calera was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Calera: www.cityofcalera.org/

The official website for Shelby County: www.shelbycountyalabama.com/

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/