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.

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, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

Caledonia was listed as Caledonia Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Minnesota (1932)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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

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

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.