Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Caledonia was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: maps from 1929 on and old-book passages.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Caledonia’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Caledonia yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Caledonia ( KAL-ə-DOH-nee-ə) is a town in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 928 at the 2020 census.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 920 in 2010, 928 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Caledonia, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Dodge, Pigeon Falls, Ettrick and Strum are thriving places of between 150 and 300 population each. Dodge was platted Feb. 20, 1874 ; Ettrick, June 30, 1877 ; Pigeon Falls, May 30, 1894 ; and Strum, Sept. 26, 1898. Pleasant Valley is a trading center platted Feb. 16, 17, 19, 1877. Caledonia, platted Sept. 14, 1855, is now merely a neighborhood center. At Coral City, platted on May 28, 1864, there is a mill, a mill dam and a number of houses. At Old Whitehall, platted May 23, 1862, there are two or three houses and a cemetery. East Arcadia, platted April 23 and 24, 1874, and West Arcadia,
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
The town consisted of all of the present town of Caledonia except the tier of sections in Township 18, Range 9. This action was rescinded March 2, 1858.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Caledonia. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Caledonia.
Nobody well known was born in Caledonia itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
