Callao is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 360 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 alrea…Callao is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 360 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".
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