Homedahl, Minnesota

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Homedahl is an abandoned townsite in sections 29 and 30 of Seely Township in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States.

[edit] 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 "[remembered] location in Norway." ^[1] The village had a station of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, and the post office lasted from 1877 until 1904.

[edit] Notes

^ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society, pp. 189. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Faribault County, Minnesota

County seat: Blue Earth

Cities	Blue Earth \| Bricelyn \| Delavan \| Easton \| Elmore \| Frost \| Kiester \| Minnesota Lake \| Walters \| Wells \| Winnebago

Townships	Barber \| Blue Earth City \| Brush Creek \| Clark \| Delavan \| Dunbar \| Elmore \| Emerald \| Foster \| Jo Daviess \| Kiester \| Lura \| Minnesota Lake \| Pilot Grove \| Prescott \| Rome \| Seely \| Verona \| Walnut Lake \| Winnebago City

Ghost towns	Clayton \| Homedahl