Place:Faxon, Sibley, Minnesota, United States

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NameFaxon
Alt namesFaxonsource: WeRelate abbreviation
TypeTownship
Located inSibley, Minnesota, United States
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Faxon Township is a township in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 701 at the 2010 census.

Faxon Township was organized in 1858, and named for a local pioneer. In the late fall of 1862 the womans colum of Dakota woman, 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.

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