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Welcome to Calais ...The coastal city of Calais is located in Washington County<1>. The location of Calais has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> Calais was established in 1779. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Calais has a population of 3,002 people<3> (see below for details). The community of Calais is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Calais lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: While Calais is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the west is in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT). The area code for Calais: (207) The ZIP code for Calais: 04619<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Calais had an population of 3,002 people. This is a decrease of 3.87% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 12.91% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Calais had a population of 3,123 people (which is 9.51% of the total population of Washington County). This makes Calais the county's most populous community. The population of Calais represents 0.24% of the total population of Maine (which has 1,328,361 people), making it the state's 111st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 3,123 people, the population of Calais decreased 9.4% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 3,447 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Calais. Communities Also Named Calais ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Calais - they are located in Alberta, Montana (2), Ohio and Vermont. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Calais. Communities near Calais ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Calais.
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 Calais. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Calais. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Calais. 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 Calais. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Calais. Our list includes 9 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Calais. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Calais ...Looking for more information about Calais? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Calais, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Calais. Adding Calais to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Calais 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 for Calais was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Calais in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Calais. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Calais. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/ Footnotes ...
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