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Caledonia, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Caledonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61011. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle. 183 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 932 feet above sea level.

Caledonia within Boone County

Population over time

2 figures

Caledonia fell from 197 to 183 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010197
2020183-14 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Caledonia: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Grover PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Porter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cooling QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Genestra QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
H. Webster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Peterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Porter Bros. Swanson Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caledonia in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$20,000Several large trees fell onto three homes in Candlewick Lake Subdivision near Poplar Grove. A large tree fell down blocking Route 173 in Poplar Grove.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCaledonia$5,000Roof shingles were ripped off near Route 173 and Caledonia Road.
March 2023Tornado (EF1)Caledonia-This tornado touched down southwest of the village of Caledonia moving through mostly farmland along its northeastward track. The storm destroyed numerous outbuildings, heavily damaged a silo, and caused a grain bin to collapse. In the Candlewick Lake neighborhood southeast of Caledonia, a few homes sustained roof and siding damage. Several trees were also damaged. The tornado then crossed into the village of Sharon in southwestern Walworth County, Wisconsin. The storm would go on for nearly another four miles mostly doing damage to barns and trees before lifting near Town Hall Rd and Chilson Rd.
August 2020Tornado (EF1)Caledonia-A tornado touched down in southeast Winnebago County and moved northeast crossing into Boone County along Argyle Road. This tornado produced mainly tree damage in Boone County including tree limbs blown down in Caledonia. The tornado ended on the east side of Caledonia, south of Route 173.
June 2018FloodCaledonia-Approximately 6 inches of standing water was reported on Route 173 east of Wyman School Road.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCaledonia-Numerous trees and wires were blown down across northern portions of Boone County near Poplar Grove.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCaledonia-Trees were blown down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindCaledonia-Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCaledonia-Tree limbs up to a foot in diameter were blown down.
May 2025HailCaledonia-no account filed
May 2014HailCaledonia-no account filed
August 2006HailCaledonia-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCaledonia-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCaledonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
North Caledonia (historical)0.0 miles14
Candlewick Lake2.2 miles14
Timberlane2.9 miles14
Poplar Grove3.7 miles14
Hunter4.3 miles12
Beaverton Crossroads4.6 miles12
Russellville6.4 miles14
Blaine7.1 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CaledoniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1112046The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 405349. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.