Nassau & Baker Counties
Callahan Porta Potty Rental
If you need units in Callahan - for a crew, an event or a placement that stands for months - the practical details below are the ones that actually change how a delivery goes.
Callahan is an incorporated town in Nassau County, settled in 1856 and incorporated in 1911, with about 1,500 residents — a rural rail-and-highway crossroads town roughly twenty miles northwest of Jacksonville.
Who actually issues the permit
Town of Callahan inside the town limits, unincorporated Nassau County outside. The built-up area spills well past the town line, so a Callahan address is frequently unincorporated county rather than town. Two CSX subdivisions cross the town and CSX controls those crossings and their right-of-way independently of either government.
Getting a loaded truck in
Several at-grade CSX crossings sit inside town and a stopped freight can cut the town in half for a delivery. Outside the core there are no curbs — deep roadside ditches and soft sand shoulders — and rural properties are often reached by long unpaved private drives that turn greasy after a summer downpour.
The work that happens here
The Northeast Florida Fair each fall, rodeos and outdoor gatherings at the fairgrounds, rail and trucking operations, timber and agricultural work, county road and utility projects, and a steady flow of new subdivision construction.
Rentals
What goes on the truck
From phone call to unit on site
Booking units for Callahan
Collections are booked the same way as deliveries. Call when the job is winding down and the pickup goes on the next route through.
Call, describe the job, get a flat number. If the number works, we book a delivery slot. Most standard drops go next day; a morning call often makes the same day.
You tell us the job and the ground; we tell you the count and the figure. Nothing gets booked until you have both, and the figure quoted is the figure invoiced.
Extending a rental is a phone call, not a new contract. Jobs run long; the servicing just carries on until you say collect.
What is actually there
A genuinely rural small town — a compact old core around the depot and the highway junction, then ranch houses and manufactured homes on large lots, farm and timber land, and highway-front commercial, with new Jacksonville-overflow subdivisions pushing in from the south.
The practical details
| County | Nassau County |
|---|---|
| Permits | Town of Callahan inside the town limits, unincorporated Nassau County outside |
| Main routes | US 1, US 23 and US 301 running concurrently through town, SR 200 / A1A — which reaches its western terminus here — and the CSX Nahunta and Callahan Subdivision lines |
| Ground | A genuinely rural small town — a compact old core around the depot and the highway junction, then ranch houses and manufactured homes on large lots, farm and timber land, and highway-front commercial, with new Jacksonville-overflow subdivisions pushing in from the south |
| Hours | Mon-Sat 7am-7pm |
Landmarks a driver knows
- the Northeast Florida Fairgrounds
- the historic Callahan train depot now running as the West Nassau Museum of History
- West Nassau High School and the Callahan Branch Library
Roads in and out
- US 1
- US 23 and US 301 running concurrently through town
- SR 200 / A1A — which reaches its western terminus here — and the CSX Nahunta and Callahan Subdivision lines
Before you call
Callahan - the questions we get
Town of Callahan inside the town limits, unincorporated Nassau County outside. The built-up area spills well past the town line, so a Callahan address is frequently unincorporated county rather than town. Two CSX subdivisions cross the town and CSX controls those crossings and their right-of-way independently of either government. Getting that wrong is the single most common way a placement loses a day around here.
Several at-grade CSX crossings sit inside town and a stopped freight can cut the town in half for a delivery. Outside the core there are no curbs — deep roadside ditches and soft sand shoulders — and rural properties are often reached by long unpaved private drives that turn greasy after a summer downpour.
The roads people actually use are US 1, US 23 and US 301 running concurrently through town, SR 200 / A1A — which reaches its western terminus here — and the CSX Nahunta and Callahan Subdivision lines. If the site is hard to describe, name the nearest of the Northeast Florida Fairgrounds, the historic Callahan train depot now running as the West Nassau Museum of History, West Nassau High School and the Callahan Branch Library - that gets a driver closer than a pin does.
Yes. Additional units are quoted the same way and go out on the next available run. Crews grow and guest lists change; that is normal.
Ordinary sanitary waste only. Paint, solvents, chemicals, oil and construction debris all cause problems that end up costing more than the rental.
Yes, and those tend to want deluxes or a trailer rather than standards. Tell us the location and the crew size and we will size it.
Nearby
Other areas on this run
Booking restrooms for a job in Callahan?
Tell us the headcount and what the ground is like. The number comes back on the same call.