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.[3]

Caledonia, North Dakota
Census-designated place & unincorporated community
A street in Caledonia
Caledonia, North Dakota Location within the state of North Dakota
Coordinates: 47°27′28″N 096°53′21″W
Country	United States
State	North Dakota
County	Traill
Area [1]
• Total	0.52 sq mi (1.35 km2)
• Land	0.52 sq mi (1.35 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	856 ft (261 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	37
• Density	71.29/sq mi (27.50/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP code	58219
Area code	701
FIPS code	38-11500[2]
GNIS feature ID	2584338[2]

An unincorporated community, it was designated as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program on March 31, 2010.[4] It was not counted separately during the 2000 Census,[5] but was included in the 2010 Census,[6] where a population of 39 was reported.[7]

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.[3] 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.[3] Upon the creation of Traill County in 1875, Caledonia was designated as the county seat.[8] 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.[3]

Geography

Caledonia sits on the banks of the Goose River near the confluence with the Red River of the North.[2]

Demographics

Notes

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