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Faithorn, Michigan

Coordinates: 45°39′53″N 87°45′06″W / 45.66472°N 87.75167°W / 45.66472; -87.75167
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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
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)
49892
Area code906
FIPS code625807[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

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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References

Notes

  1. ^ 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.

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