Faithorn Township, Michigan

Faithorn Township, Michigan
Civil township
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
Faithorn Township is located in Michigan
Faithorn Township
Faithorn Township
Location within Michigan
Faithorn Township is located in the United States
Faithorn Township
Faithorn Township
Location within 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
Area
[1]
 • Total
54.24 sq mi (140.5 km2)
 • Land53.67 sq mi (139.0 km2)
 • Water0.57 sq mi (1.5 km2)
Elevation
856 ft (261 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
239
 • Density4.5/sq mi (1.7/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)
49892 (Vulcan), 49812 (Carney)
49821 (Daggett)
49847 (Hermansville)
Area code906
FIPS code26-109-27300[3]
GNIS feature ID1626268[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

John Nicholson Faithorn

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][A]

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ He ran several railroads.[9] And whose name appeared on "Faithorn jet"[10] and the eponymous “Faithorn yard.”[11] Situated near Crete, Illinois on the Illinois-Indiana border, and close to the B&O property line, Faithorn Yard was a historic railroad yard located in Faithorn, Illinois.[12] 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.[13]

Citations

  1. 1 2 "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Michigan". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "P1. Race – Faithorn township, Michigan: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Faithorn Township, Michigan
  5. ↑ Romig 1986, p. 191.
  6. ↑ "Michigan. Menominee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ McLeod, Richard (1968). "History of the Wisconsin and Michigan Railway". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 118: 7–20.
  8. ↑ Herman 2009, p. 267.
  9. ↑ "Centennial History of the City of Chicago" (PDF). The Chicago Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois: PRESS OF THE BLAKELY PRINTING COMPANY. 1905. pp. 101–102.
  10. ↑ "Peninsula and Wisconsin Divisions". The Railroad Telegrapher. p. 1167.
  11. ↑ Sampson, Guy E. (April 1928). "Chicago Terminals" (PDF). The Milwaukee Magazine. Milwaukee Road. p. 36.
  12. ↑ Faithorn, IL: Boundary between B&OCT and Milwaukee (October 21, 2017)
  13. ↑ "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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