Callao is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia, United States.[1] It is located on U.S. Route 360 (the Northumberland Highway) northwest of Heathsville and east of Warsaw.
Callao | |
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 Baptist church | |
  Callao Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia  Callao Callao (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°58′09″N 76°33′35″W / 37.96917°N 76.55972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Northumberland |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1464259[1] |
The name of the town was derived from the name of the first Postmaster, Jacob Callaway, in 1893. Callaway wanted the post office named after himself. However, there was already a town named Callaway in Virginia, so he dropped the "way" and added the "o".[2]
Wheatland was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Callao". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ^ McKenney, Mike. Down Home in Calleo. Cooperative Living.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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