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CALEDONIA, TEXAS

Rusk County, East Texas

(31.924, -94.527)

US-84 / FM1971
9 Miles E of Mount Enterprise,
28 Miles SE of Henderson the county seat
19 Miles SW of Carthage
31 Miles NE of Nacogdoches
Population: 75 Est. (2010, 2000)

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Caledonia TX Highway Sign
Caledonia Highway Sign
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, April 2011

History in a Pecan Shell

Dating from a Mexican Land Grant in 1828, Thomas Williams and William Elliott were the recipients. The community had a pre-Civil War post office which opened in 1851 and closed soon after the war, reopening in 1870 only to close in 1905.

The town had a population of 150 in the early 1880s which fell to a mere 50 by 1892. It had risen to 100 for 1896 but went into a slow decline and by the mid 1940s, Caledonia was down to 25 residents.


Photographer's Note:
Caledonia Texas is located on highway US-84 at the intersection of FM-1971, 9-miles east of Mount Enterprise, 7-miles west of Timpson, 19-miles southwest of Carthage.

Caledonia TX - Caledonia Methodist Church
Caledonia Methodist Church
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, April 2011

Caledonia TX - Caledonia Methodist Church Historicl Marker
Caledonia Methodist Church Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, April 2011
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Caledonia TX - Caledonia Cemetery
Caledonia Cemetery
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, April 2011

Caledonia TX - Closed Store
Photo courtesy Gerald Massey, April 2011



Rusk County Towns

County Seat - Henderson
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  • Brachfield
  • Caledonia
  • Chalk Hill
  • Chapman
  • Chickenfeather ghost town
  • Church Hill
  • Concord
  • Easton
  • Henderson County seat
  • Irwin ghost town
  • Laneville
  • Lawsonville ghost town
  • Leverett's Chapel
  • Millville ghost town
  • Minden
  • Mount Enterprise
  • New Hope
  • New London
  • Oak Flats ghost town
  • Overton
  • Pinehill
  • Pone ghost town
  • Pylas ghost town
  • Selman City
  • Stewart
  • Tatum
  • Turnertown

  • Contiguous Counties:
    Gregg County (N) Harrison County (NE)
    Panola County (E) Shelby County (SE)
    Nacogdoches County (S)
    Cherokee County (SW) Smith County (NW)


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