Map of Caledonia CDP, North Dakota

Caledonia is a census-designated place in Traill County, North Dakota, 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.

An unincorporated community, it was designated as part of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Participant Statistical Areas Program on March 31, 2010. It was not counted separately during the 2000 Census, but was included in the 2010 Census, where a population of 39 was reported.

Caledonia CDP overview:
Name:	Caledonia CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	North Dakota
County:	Traill County
Elevation:	856 ft (261 m)
Total Area:	0.52 sq mi (1.35 km²)
Land Area:	0.52 sq mi (1.35 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	37
Population Density:	71.29/sq mi (27.50/km²)
ZIP code:	58219
Area code:	701
FIPS code:	3811500
GNISfeature ID:	2584338

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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. 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.