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Welcome to Calapooia ...

Calapooia is located in Linn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Calapooia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Calapooia is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Calapooia ...

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

  • Lebanon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sweet Home
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Brownsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Halsey
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Sodaville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sodaville is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sodaville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
  • Waterloo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Waterloo is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Crawfordsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Foster
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mabel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Mabel is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
  • Marcola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Calapooia ...

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

Adding Calapooia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Calapooia 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 Calapooia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Calapooia post office opened in 1850. The Calapooia post office closed in 1859.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Calapooia.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Linn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calapooia - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/