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Welcome to Calneva ...

Calneva is located in Lassen County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Calneva, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Calneva: The name Calneva is a portmanteau<2> and it reflects the fact that the community lies just to the west of the California and Nevada border.

Calneva is 4,000 feet [1,219 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Calneva is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Calneva lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Calneva: 530 & 837<4>

Communities near Calneva ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Calneva ...

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

Adding Calneva to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Calneva 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 Calneva was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Calneva post office opened in 1911. The Calneva post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Calneva.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Lassen, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>A portmanteau (such as Calneva) is the combination or contraction of two (or more) words, their sound and the meaning of those words to create a new word. For example, spoon and fork becomes spork.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calneva - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Calneva area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Calneva area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/