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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 Methodist
Church
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, April 2011 |
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