Caledonia (Minnesota)
Houston County
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Caledonia is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Houston County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Caledonia had 2868 inhabitants.
Geography
Caledonia is located in southeastern Minnesota, about 20 kilometers west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Wisconsin. The border with Iowa is located approximately 20 km south. The geographic coordinates of Caledonia are 43 ° 37'59 " north latitude and 91 ° 29'47 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 7.36 km ².
Neighbouring places of Caledonia are Hokah (20,7 km northeast), Brownsville ( 21.5 km ENE ), New Albin, Iowa (29,3 km to the southeast ), Eitzen (16,7 km to the south), Spring Grove (16 km south-west ) and Houston ( 19.4 km NNW ).
The nearest large towns are La Crosse, Wisconsin (37,3 km northeast), Wisconsin's capital (230 km east-southeast ), Cedar Rapids (220 km south) and Rochester (116 km north-west ). The metropolitan area around the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is situated 253 km north-west.
Traffic
In the city of Caledonia Minnesota State Routes 44 and 76 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The Houston County Airport is located on the southern outskirts of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Rochester International Airport (114 km west-northwest ), the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison (236 km east-southeast ) and the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids (233 km south) and the greater Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 243 km north-east ).
History
After the area was settled in the mid-19th century by the first white men in 1855 has been set up a post office. 1870, the place was first incorporated as the Village of Caledonia. After 1879 a railway station of the Milwaukee Road was built, the clay deposits in the area for the production of bricks were used. Due to the increase of the population Caledonia was finally incorporated in 1889 as an independent community.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Caledonia 2868 people in 1247 households. The population density was 389.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1247 households lived statistically 2.25 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.9 percent were between 18 and 64, and 20.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 36,802. The per capita income was $ 22,121. 15.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Ken Nelson (1911-2008) - music producer - born in Caledonia
- William H. Harries (1843-1921) - Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives - lived and worked for many years in Caledonia and is buried here