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Welcome to Calhoun ...

Calhoun is located in Waukesha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Calhoun, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Calhoun is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Calhoun ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Calhoun: This one is located in Waukesha County and the other is located in Chippewa County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 26 communities that are also named Calhoun - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi (3), Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Calhoun ...

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

  • Milwaukee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
  • Waukesha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
  • West Allis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
  • Wauwatosa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
  • Brookfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Menomonee Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
  • Greenfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
  • Oak Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,469 people
  • Franklin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
  • Muskego
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Muskego is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people

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

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

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

Adding Calhoun to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Calhoun 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 Calhoun was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Calhoun post office opened in 1882. The Calhoun post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Calhoun.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waukesha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calhoun - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/