Map of Calera town, Oklahoma

Calera is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States, located five miles south of Durant and 10 miles north of the Oklahoma-Texas state line. The population was 2,906 at the 2020 census, an increase of 34.2 percent over the figure of 2,164 recorded in 2010 indicating that Calera is experiencing larger growth than Durant and other surrounding areas. It is part of the Durant Micropolitan Area, as well as being part of the Texoma region.

Calera town overview:
Name:	Calera town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Oklahoma
County:	Bryan County
Elevation:	712 ft (217 m)
Total Area:	5.36 sq mi (13.89 km²)
Land Area:	5.30 sq mi (13.72 km²)
Water Area:	0.07 sq mi (0.17 km²)
Total Population:	2,906
Population Density:	550.50/sq mi (212.54/km²)
ZIP code:	74730
Area code:	580
FIPS code:	4010950
GNISfeature ID:	1090807

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History

Calera was formerly known as Cale Switch or Cale, when in 1872 the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway built a railroad through the Choctaw Nation, and the small community was established on the east side of the tracks. The name Cale came from railroad official George W. Cale. Seventeen years later, the people of Cale Switch, Indian Territory had their first post office. That same year the town was given the name Sterrett, but Katy, also referred to as Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway, railroad officials refused to call it by that name. The debate continued for twenty-one years when finally in 1910 the town accepted the name Calera.

At the time of its founding Cale was located in Blue County, a part of the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.