Community Description
Short Description: Callahan is 20 miles north of Jacksonville. The village of Sharon, first settled in the 1840s along the route of the Old Kings Highway, was renamed for Daniel Callahan, an Irish partner in the firm hired by the Florida Railroad in the 1850s to construct its new railroad. By the 1880s, the Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad intersected the route of the old Florida Railroad bringing as many as 16 trains a day in and out of Callahan.
Nearby communities include Hilliard, FL (11 miles), Yulee, FL (18 miles), Baldwin, FL (20.5 miles) and Jacksonville, FL (20.5 miles)
Population: 1,141
Year of Incorporation: 1911
Location: North Eastern Florida
Median Home Price: $125,160
Tax Rate: 2.8940
Taxes Levied (per capita): $81.88
Total Area: 1.33 square miles
City Hall: Town of Callahan
6601 South Kings Rd, PO Box 54016
Callahan, FL 32011-5016
904.879.3801; 904.879.6151 Fax
Email Contact
Chamber of Commerce:
45383 Dixie Ave, Callahan, FL 32011
904.879.1441; 904.879.4033 Fax Email Contact
Library: Callahan Branch
Nassau County Library System
5266 SR-200, Suite 10
Callahan, FL 32011
904.879.3434
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