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Welcome to Calvin ...

Calvin is located in Lee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Calvin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924.

Calvin is 2,030 feet [619 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Calvin lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Calvin: 276

Communities Also Named Calvin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Calvin - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia (2), Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Montana, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Calvin ...

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

  • Big Stone Gap
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Norton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Cumberland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Whitesburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Pennington Gap
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pennington Gap is located in Lee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
  • Appalachia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jonesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Evarts
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Evarts is located in Harlan County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evarts
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evarts <3>
  • Lynch
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lynch is located in Harlan County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynch <3>
  • Benham
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Benham is located in Harlan County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benham
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benham <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Calvin ...

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

Adding Calvin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Calvin post office opened in 1924. The Calvin post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Calvin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Lee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calvin - 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/