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Welcome to Calamine ...

Calamine is located in Sharp County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Calamine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Calamine is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Calamine: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Calamine ...

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

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

Communities near Calamine ...

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

  • Cave City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Highland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Highland is located in Sharp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,105 people
  • Ash Flat
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Swifton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Swifton is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
  • Imboden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Black Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sulphur Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
  • Ravenden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Evening Shade
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Portia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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 Calamine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Calamine.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Calamine. 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 Calamine.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Calamine ...

Looking for more information about Calamine? 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 Calamine, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Calamine.

Adding Calamine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Calamine in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Calamine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Calamine post office opened in 1871. The Calamine post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Calamine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Sharp, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calamine - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Calamine area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Calamine area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/