Faxon Township, Minnesota | |
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  Faxon Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota  Faxon Township, Minnesota Faxon Township, Minnesota (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 44°39′28″N 93°48′32″W / 44.65778°N 93.80889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Sibley |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.5 sq mi (55.6 km2) |
| • Land | 21.0 sq mi (54.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 961 ft (293 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 712 |
| • Density | 33.4/sq mi (12.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| FIPS code | 27-20726[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0664151[2] |
Faxon Township is a township in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 712 at the 2020 census.
Faxon Township was organized in 1858, and named for a local pioneer.[3] In the late fall of 1862 the women's column of Dakota women, children and elderly camped overnight south of Walkers landing, now Faxon, after having been attacked in Henderson. They were en-route from the Lower Sioux Agency to Pike Island at Fort Snelling.[4]
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 519.
- ^ Faxon, Sibley County, U.S. Dakota War, Sibley county Minnesota [1]