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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Caledonia came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Caledonia in various books, 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.

 

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Michigan (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

We found Caledonia in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Caledonia for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Caledonia. See our Misc Page for Caledonia for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Caledonia:

Caledonia was mentioned in the following schedules:

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (May 1892)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)