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Caledonia is a village in the northeastern corner of Racine County, Wisconsin, between Milwaukee and Chicago along Interstate 94, with a population of 25,361 at the 2020 census.

Caledonia took its name from the ancient Roman name for Scotland, believed to have been given by early Scottish settlers, and the settlement was earlier known as Stern's Crossing.

Caledonia was governed as a town until January 2006, when it finally became a village after the Wisconsin Legislature passed a special exemption and local voters approved incorporation in a 2005 referendum.

Caledonia covers 48.72 square miles — one of the largest villages in Wisconsin by area — including 3.29 square miles of water and a shoreline on Lake Michigan.

The communities of Franksville, Husher and the lakeside settlement of Tabor all lie within the village of Caledonia's borders.

Caledonia counted 24,705 residents in 9,629 households at the 2010 census, and the Root River flows through the middle of the village on its way to Lake Michigan.

Caledonia is part of the Racine Unified School District, and its local schools include Gifford K–8 School, Olympia Brown Elementary School and North Park Elementary School.

Older Caledonia students attend Jerome I. Case High School in Mount Pleasant or William Horlick High School in Racine.

In a 2015 referendum, Caledonia voters approved asking to secede from the Racine Unified School District and form an independent district, and the state budget that year guaranteed Caledonia a seat on the Racine Unified school board.

Cliffside Park and its campground on the Lake Michigan shore, along with the 28-acre Caledonia Dog Park along the Root River, are among the village's best-known recreation spots.