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Faithorn, Michigan
Faithorn, Michigan
Unincorporated community
	Welcome sign to Faithorn
	Faithorn Location within the state of Michigan Faithorn Faithorn (the United States)
	Coordinates: 45°39′53″N 87°45′06″W / 45.66472°N 87.75167°W
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Menominee
Township	Faithorn
Elevation	860 ft (260 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	49892
Area code	906
GNIS feature ID	625807

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]

Images

The Methodist Episcopal church in Faithorn, built in 1921

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Faithorn, Michigan
^ "Faithorn, Michigan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Romig 1986, p. 191.
^ "Michigan. Menominee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
^ McLeod, Richard (1968). "History of the Wisconsin and Michigan Railway". The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin. 118: 7–20.

General and cited references

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.