Welcome to Callon ...

Callon is located in Marathon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Callon, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Callon is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Callon: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Callon ...

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

• Wausau
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wausau is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wausau
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,511 people
• Kronenwetter
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kronenwetter is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kronenwetter
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,143 people
• Rothschild
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Rothschild is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rothschild
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,256 people
• Mosinee
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mosinee is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosinee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,195 people
• Schofield
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Schofield is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
• Marathon City
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Marathon City is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,516 people
• Wittenberg
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Wittenberg is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittenberg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 986 people
• Birnamwood
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Birnamwood is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birnamwood
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 772 people
• Hatley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hatley is located in Marathon County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatley
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
• Aniwa
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Aniwa is located in Shawano County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniwa
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 252 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 Callon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Callon.

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

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

Adding Callon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Callon 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 Callon was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Callon.