Faithorn is an unincorporated community in Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan.[2] It is located along County Road 577, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the state of Wisconsin.
History
Faithorn began as a lumbering town and had a post office from 1903 or 1905 until 1955.[3][4] It is named after the Chicago railroad man John Nicholson Faithorn (1852–1914).[5]
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The Methodist Episcopal church in Faithorn, built in 1921
References
Citations
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Faithorn, Michigan
- ^ "Faithorn, Michigan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ 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.
General and cited references
- 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.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |