Homedahl is an abandoned townsite in sections 29 and 30 of
Seely Township in
Faribault County
Faribault County () is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,921. Its county seat is Blue Earth.
History
The county was founded in 1855. It was named for Jean-Baptiste Faribault, a settler an ...
,
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
, United States.
History
The town was originally settled by the Osul Haaland family, Norwegian immigrants. Rasmus O. Haaland was the first postmaster, and named the post office in honor of a "
ememberedlocation in Norway."
The village had a station of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ''Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway'') was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.
At the end ...
, and the post office lasted from 1877 to 1904.
Notes
Former populated places in Minnesota
Former populated places in Faribault County, Minnesota
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