Calera is a city in Shelby and Chilton counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the location of the Shelby County Airport.
The Calera Downtown Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2006.
Calera in 1935
Calera City Hall
Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum
Shelby County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 223,024, making it the sixth-most populous county in Alabama. The county seat is Columbiana. Its largest city is Alabaster. The county is named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky from 1792 to 1796 and again from 1812 to 1816. Shelby County is included in the Birmingham–Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Shelby County Courthouse in Columbiana