Do you know of Calera ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Calera. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Calera.<1>

Our source wasn't clear whether Calera was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Calera would be found somewhere in Botetourt County, Virginia.

Communities Also Named Calera ...

We found three communities that share the name Calera.

Within Virginia, the name Calera is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Shelby County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Calera [Shelby County].
- Oklahoma
  - Bryan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Calera [Bryan County].
- Texas
  - Reeves County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Calera [Reeves County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Calera ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Calera:

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Calera.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/12120 (Place Name: Calera)

County: Botetourt (FIPS State/County: 51/023)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Calera) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Botetourt County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Botetourt County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.