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 (140km2), of which 53.7 square miles (139km2) are land and 0.6 square miles (1.6km2), 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]
Images
The Methodist Episcopal church in Faithorn, built in 1921
References
Notes
↑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]
Herman, Jenifer (2009). "Faithorn, Michigan". The Encyclopedia of Michigan. Vol.1. State History Publications. p.267. ISBN9780403094196. 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 (Paperbacked.). Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN081431838X.
External links
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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