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Welcome to Chalco ...

Chalco is located in Sarpy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chalco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Chalco is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Chalco: 402 & 531<3>

Communities near Chalco ...

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

  • Omaha
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Omaha is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omaha
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478,393 people
    • Omaha has also been known as:
    • Omaha City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Omaha <4>
  • Council Bluffs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Bellevue
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Papillion
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • La Vista
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ralston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Plattsmouth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Elkhorn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gretna
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Carter Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Carter Lake is located in Pottawattamie County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,793 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carter Lake <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chalco ...

Looking for more information about Chalco? 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 Chalco, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Chalco.

Adding Chalco to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Chalco post office opened in 1888. The Chalco post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chalco.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Sarpy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chalco - 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 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Chalco area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Chalco 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/