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Welcome to Caleb ...

Caleb is located in Gwinnett County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Caleb, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Caleb is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Caleb lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Caleb: 404, 470, 678 & 770<3>

Communities Also Named Caleb ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Caleb - they are located in California, Florida and Oregon (2).

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

Websites for Caleb ...

Junior League:   www.jlgnf.org/

Communities near Caleb ...

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

  • Brookhaven
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Brookhaven is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Stonecrest
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
  • Peachtree Corners
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Milstead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Milstead is located in Rockdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milstead
    • Estimated population in 2018: 39,217 people
  • Tucker
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lawrenceville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Chamblee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Duluth
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Duluth is located in Gwinnett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <4>
  • Decatur
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Suwanee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Caleb ...

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

Adding Caleb to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Caleb 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 Caleb was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Caleb post office opened in 1892. The Caleb post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Caleb.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Gwinnett, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Caleb - 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 404 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 470, 678 or 770. New phone numbers in the Caleb area will be assigned with one of these codes: 404, 470, 678 or 770. As a result, placing a call in the Caleb 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/