Caledonia, North Dakota

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Caledonia, North Dakota
settlement_type = Township
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pushpin_map_caption =Location within the state of North Dakota
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = North Dakota
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Traill

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area_total_km2 = 76.7
area_land_km2 = 76.7
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 29.6
area_land_sq_mi = 29.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 132
population_density_km2 = 1.7
population_density_sq_mi = 4.5

timezone = Central (CST)
utc_offset = −6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = −5
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elevation_m = 264
elevation_ft = 866
latd = 47 |latm = 27 |lats = 31 |latNS = N
longd = 96 |longm = 54 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 58219
area_code = 701
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 38-11540GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1036689GR|3
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Caledonia is an unincorporated community in Traill County, North Dakota in the United States. A former boomtown of the 1870s and the era of the Hudson's Bay Company steamship trade, the community has now all but virtually disappeared.cite web |url=http://www.prairiepublic.org/programs/datebook/bydate/07/0707/071007.jsp |title=Dakota Datebook — July 10, 2007 — "Frog Point" |accessdate=2007-08-06 |format= |publisher=Prairie Public ]

History

First called Goose River, the community was established as a post for the Hudson's Bay Company steamships which operated on the Red River of the North. Caledonia became an early boom town in the Red River Valley and also became a post for a stagecoach line which lead north to Fort Garry — now called Winnipeg. Upon the creation of Traill County in 1875, Caledonia was designated as the county seat. [cite web |url=http://www.nd.gov/content.htm?parentCatID=83&id=County%20History |title=County History |accessdate=2007-08-06 |format= |publisher=State of North Dakota ] However, in that same year, the Hudson's Bay Company closed their U.S. posts including the one at Caledonia. When James J. Hill's railroad crossed Traill County, it bypassed Caledonia. The steamboat industry soon floundered and the county seat was moved to Hillsboro in 1896.

Geography

Caledonia is located at coor dms|47|40|39|N|97|06|05|W|city (47.450596, -96.917137). The community sits on the banks of the Goose River near the confluence with the Red River of the North.

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