Editing Caledonia, Illinois (section)

==History==
A post office was established as Caledonia Station in 1853, one year before the settlement was established. Caledonia Station was shortened to Caledonia in 1883.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IL&county=Boone | title=Boone County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=February 28, 2015}}</ref> [[Caledonia]] is a literary name of [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50|year=1908|page=50}}</ref> Caledonia Congregational Church was founded in 1894. In 1996, Caledonia was officially incorporated as a village.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caledonia |first=Village of |title=Village of Caledonia |url=https://villageofcaledonia.com/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Village of Caledonia |language=en-US}}</ref>

Caledonia was struck by an [[Enhanced Fujita Scale|EF]]-2 [[tornado]] on November 22, 2010, around 3:04 pm; several homes were destroyed, a grain bin collapsed, the local Elementary school was set on lockdown, and six minor injuries were reported when a bus was blown over near Argyle and Harlem Roads.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/lot/2010Nov22|title=EF-2 Tornado confirmed at Caledonia, IL in Winnebago County|last=US Department of Commerce|first=NOAA|website=www.weather.gov|access-date=December 4, 2018}}</ref>