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Welcome to Calvert ...

So far, we found very little information about Calvert. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Calvert to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Calvert, please Contact Us.

Calvert would have been located within present day Douglas County<2>.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Calvert is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Calvert was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Calvert was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Calvert ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Calvert - they are located in Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland (2), Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Calvert ...

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

  • Cottage Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sutherlin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Drain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Drain is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drain <5>
  • Yoncalla
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Oakland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Elkton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Elkhead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Elkhead is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhead
  • Rice Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Curtin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Isadore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Isadore is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isadore

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

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

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

Adding Calvert to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Calvert in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Calvert was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Calvert post office opened in 1892. The Calvert post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Calvert.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Calvert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calvert - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Calvert area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Calvert 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/