Callao, Virginia

Callao
Unincorporated community
Baptist church
Callao Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia Show map of Virginia Callao Callao (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 37°58′09″N 76°33′35″W
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Northumberland
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	1464259[1]

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.

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

1. "Callao". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
2. McKenney, Mike. Down Home in Calleo. Cooperative Living.
3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.