The story
Read it all →How Callisburg came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Callisburg.
The town was named for blacksmith Sam Callis, the first settler there.
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History · Callisburg
Callisburg’s post office opened in 1873
Most of Callisburg was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1980. Below: maps from 1902 on and the census since 1980.
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Quick answers
How Callisburg began
When was Callisburg founded?
1873
The Callisburg post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 281 in 19802020 census: 321153 years
Founding year: the first Callisburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Callisburg’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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Callisburg on the map, 1902 to 1978
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Callisburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1902Gainesville sheet · 1:125,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Callisburg.
Timeline
Callisburg, 1873 to 1902
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1873Post officeThe Callisburg post office opens
- 20th century
- 1902Post officeThe Callisburg post office closes
- 1902
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
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Callisburg, census by census
Between 281 and 365 people in every census since 1980.
5 censuses, 1980–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Callisburg’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
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Nobody well known was born in Callisburg itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices and burying grounds
Callisburg had its own post office from 1873 to 1902.
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1cemetery inside Callisburg
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Callisburg’s history
What year was Callisburg founded?
The Callisburg post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
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Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.