Welcome to Kalem ...

Kalem is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kalem, you might consider that their post office opened in 1919.

Kalem is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Kalem lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Kalem: 251

Communities Also Named Kalem ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kalem - it's located in Mississippi.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kalem.

Communities near Kalem ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kalem.

• Monroeville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Monroeville is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroeville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,623 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroeville <3>
• Vredenburgh
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Vredenburgh is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vredenburgh
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
• Pine Apple
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Apple is located in Wilcox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Apple
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
• Oak Hill
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Hill is located in Wilcox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
• Tunnel Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Tunnel Springs is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Springs
  • Former name for Tunnel Springs:
  • Kempsville
• Buena Vista
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Buena Vista is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
• Pine Orchard
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Orchard is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
• Ramah
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ramah is located in Conecuh County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramah
• Peterman
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Peterman is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterman
• Burnt Corn
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Burnt Corn is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Corn

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Kalem. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kalem.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kalem. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kalem.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kalem. See our Newspapers Page for Kalem.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kalem ...

Looking for more information about Kalem? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Kalem, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Kalem.

Adding Kalem to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kalem in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Kalem was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Kalem post office opened in 1919. The Kalem post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kalem.