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Caledonia

Ghost town · Sullivan County, Indiana

Dugger quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:24,000)
Dugger quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Caledonia is a ghost town in Sullivan County, Indiana, recorded as human settlement in Indiana, United States of America. It is one of 2 former communities in Sullivan County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 33 Indiana counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Caledonia as a historical populated place on the Dugger topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.0989° N, 87.3350° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Indiana before 1931 that mention “Caledonia”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 1,182 pages in all.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDugger
Elevation505 ft
Nearest living townCass, IN
Distance to it3.2 miles
GNIS feature ID452893
Coordinates39.09893, -87.33502

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What's there now

Caledonia is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cass, IN (population 58), about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 505 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Caledonia?

Caledonia is in Sullivan County, Indiana, at 39.0989, -87.3350.

How many ghost towns are in Sullivan County?

Sullivan County, Indiana has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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