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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Caledonia came from various goverment sources (GNIS), we also found mention of Caledonia in various books, articles, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Caledonia. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Caledonia data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Caledonia:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

Caledonia is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The GNIS database contains an entry for Caledonia. See our Misc Page for Caledonia for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/