Caledonia, Texas
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Caledonia is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Rusk County,
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, United States. According to the
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, the community had a population of 75 in 2000. It is located within the
Longview, Texas metropolitan area The Longview metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in Northeast Texas that covers four counties— Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, and Upshur. As of the 2010 census the MSA had a population of 280,000 (though a July 1, 2019 estimate place ...
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Geography

Caledonia is located at the intersection of
U.S. Route 84 U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–westUS 84 was signed north-south in parts of Colorado and New Mexico. United States Numbered Highway that started as a short Georgia–Alabama route in the original 1926 scheme. Later, in 1941, it h ...
and Farm to Market Road 1971, southeast of
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, east of Mount Enterprise, southwest of
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, and northeast of
Nacogdoches Nacogdoches ( ) is a city in East Texas and the county seat of Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States. The 2020 U.S. census recorded the city's population at 32,147. Stephen F. Austin State University is located in Nacogdoches and specia ...
in extreme southeastern Rusk County.


Education

Caledonia had its own school in 1883. Today, the community is served by the
Henderson Independent School District Henderson Independent School District is a public school district based in Henderson, Texas, Henderson, Texas (United States, USA). HISD is the largest school district in Rusk County. Current enrollment is 3,365 students and the district employe ...
.


See also

*
List of unincorporated communities in Texas This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns, or census-designated places. See also *List of cities i ...


References

Unincorporated communities in Rusk County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{RuskCountyTX-geo-stub