Faithorn, Michigan

Faithorn, Michigan
Unincorporated community
Welcome sign to Faithorn
Welcome sign to Faithorn
Faithorn is located in Michigan
Faithorn
Faithorn
Location within the state of Michigan
Faithorn is located in the United States
Faithorn
Faithorn
Faithorn (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°39′53″N 87°45′06″W / 45.66472°N 87.75167°W / 45.66472; -87.75167
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountyMenominee
TownshipFaithorn
Elevation
[1]
860 ft (260 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
49892
Area code906
GNIS feature ID625807[1]

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

John Nicholson Faithorn

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 baron, John Nicholson Faithorn (1852–1914)J 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.[5][6][6][A]

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Notes

  1. ↑ He ran several railroads. [7] And whose name appeared on "Faithorn jet"[8] and the eponymous “Faithorn yard.”[9] Situated near Crete, Illinois on the Illinois=Indian border, and close to the B&O property line, Faithorn Yard was a historic railroad yard located in Faithorn, Illinois.[10] served as the northern terminus of the Milwaukee Road's "South Eastern" line on the Terre Haute Division. It was a key, now-defunct terminal for the Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway, later acquired by the Milwaukee Road. It was active through the 1970s before being abandoned, per discussions on Trainorders.com.[11]

Citations

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Faithorn, Michigan
  2. ↑ "Faithorn, Michigan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ Romig 1986, p. 191.
  4. ↑ "Michigan. Menominee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ McLeod, Richard (1968). "History of the Wisconsin and Michigan Railway". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 118: 7–20.
  6. 1 2 Herman 2009, p. 267.
  7. ↑ "Centennial History of the City of Chicago" (PDF). The Chicago Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois: PRESS OF THE BLAKELY PRINTING COMPANY. 1905. pp. 101–102.
  8. ↑ "Peninsula and Wisconsin Divisions". The Railroad Telegrapher. p. 1167.
  9. ↑ Sampson, Guy E. (April 1928). "Chicago Terminals" (PDF). The Milwaukee Magazine. Milwaukee Road. p. 36.
  10. ↑ Faithorn, IL: Boundary between B&OCT and Milwaukee (October 21, 2017)
  11. ↑ "Faithorn Yard".

Bibliography

  • Herman, Jenifer (2009). "Faithorn, Michigan". The Encyclopedia of Michigan. Vol. 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.
  • Faithorn Township migenweb.org from Menominee County Book for Schools, edited by Ethel Schuyler. Menominee, Michigan: Office of County School Commissioner, 1941


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