Caledonia

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Caledonia

Total population

2,820

Median home value

$157,900

16.9%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$76,477

Caledonia$76k

National$74k

Founded

1854

Elevation360 m

Land area7.32 km²

Coordinates43.63°, -91.50°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Caledonia is a city and the county seat of Houston County, Minnesota, United States and is part of the La Crosse, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,847 at the 2020 census.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

K

Ken Nelson

American record producer (1911-2008)

D

Dave Kunst

Walked around the world

L

Lloyd L. Duxbury

American politician (1922-2002)

Hugh Lincoln Cooper

American civil engineer

M

Maurice J. McCauley

American politician

I

Isaac Fruechte

American football player (born 1991)

J

Jay Goede

American actor

S

Samuel A. Rask

American politician – Minnesota -- "Sam" Senate 1917-22 (District 16)

C

Carl S. Burtness

American politician – Minnesota -House 1943-50 (District 1)

O

O. K. Dahle

American politician – Minnesota -House 1923-36 (District 1)

G

George Harold Lommen

American politician – Minnesota -House 1925-26 (District 61); Senate 1927-42 (District 61)

J

John T. Lommen

American politician – Minnesota -House 1899-1902 (District 60); House 1907-08 (District 60)

W

William E. McNelly

American politician – Minnesota -House 1923-24 (District 1)

F

Frederick H. Rollins

American politician – Minnesota -Senate 1929-34 (District 2)

T

Tim Perry

American politician – Minnesota -House 1919-22 (District 53)

I

Iver G. Otterness

American politician – Minnesota -House 1905-06 (District 1)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Minnesota

• Spring Grove
  8.5 mi away
• La Crescent
  16.7 mi away
• Rushford
  17.7 mi away
• Rushford Village
  18.5 mi away
• Dresbach
  19.1 mi away
• Peterson
  19.7 mi away
• Dakota
  20.4 mi away · pop. 304
• Canton
  22.7 mi away
• Pickwick
  24 mi away
• Harmony
  26 mi away
• Preston
  29.2 mi away
• Lewiston
  30.3 mi away

Browse all places in Minnesota →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Caledonia

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Ghost Pipe

Monotropa uniflora

Seen 2026-09-17

ebony spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron

Seen 2026-09-17

Chrysopa oculata

Chrysopa oculata

Seen 2026-09-15

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Seen 2026-09-15

Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus citrinus

Seen 2026-09-13

Nodding Beggarticks

Bidens cernua

Seen 2026-09-13

low smartweed

Persicaria longiseta

Seen 2026-09-13

cup plant

Silphium perfoliatum

Seen 2026-09-12

great blue lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).