Faithorn Township, Michigan
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Faithorn Township, Michigan | |
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| Unincorporated community of Faithorn Unincorporated community of Faithorn | |
| Location within Menominee County and the state of Michigan Location within Menominee County and the state of Michigan | |
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| Coordinates: 45°39′53″N 87°45′06″W / 45.66472°N 87.75167°WCoordinates: 45°39′53″N 87°45′06″W / 45.66472°N 87.75167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Menominee |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population | |
| • Total | 239 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 906 |
| FIPS code | 26-109-27300[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1626268[4] |
Faithorn Township is a civil township of Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 239 at the 2020 census.[2]
Geography
The township is in western Menominee County, bordered to the west, across the Menominee River, by Marinette County in the state of Wisconsin. Dickinson County, Michigan, is to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 54.2 square miles (140 km2), of which 53.7 square miles (139 km2) are land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), or 1.05%, are water.[1]
Demographics
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 214 people, 91 households, and 63 families residing in the township. In 2020, there were 239 people in the township.[2]
History
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Faithorn began as a lumbering town and had a post office from 1903 or 1905 until 1955.[5][6] It is named after the Chicago railroad baron, John Nicholson Faithorn (1852–1914) who served as the president and general manager of the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad and was a key figure in the Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway.[7][8]Template:Efn-ua
Images
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The Methodist Episcopal church in Faithorn, built in 1921
References
Notes
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "P1. Race – Faithorn township, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ Template:Gnis
- ↑ Romig 1986, p. 191.
- ↑ "Michigan. Menominee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ↑ McLeod, Richard (1968). "History of the Wisconsin and Michigan Railway". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 118: 7–20.
- ↑ Herman 2009, p. 267.
Bibliography
- Herman, Jenifer (2009). "Faithorn, Michigan". The Encyclopedia of Michigan. 1. State History Publications. p. 267. ISBN 9780403094196. ISBN 0403094194.
- Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities. Great Lakes Books Series (Paperback ed.). Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 081431838X.
External links
- Faithorn Township migenweb.org from Menominee County Book for Schools, edited by Ethel Schuyler. Menominee, Michigan: Office of County School Commissioner, 1941