San Francisco is an abandoned townsite in San Francisco Township [1] in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.
San Francisco was first settled in 1854 and named by the founder, William Foster, after the city in California. [2] It was reportedly the original county seat of Carver County, Minnesota, but lost that status to Chaska a year later. [3] The town lasted about ten years from its founding and had a post office from 1856 until 1858 and again from 1861 until 1862. [4] It still existed as a town in 1870, as there is a U.S. federal census record for it.
44°41′52″N 93°42′08″W / 44.6977406°N 93.7021821°W
San Francisco is an abandoned townsite in San Francisco Township [1] in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.
San Francisco was first settled in 1854 and named by the founder, William Foster, after the city in California. [2] It was reportedly the original county seat of Carver County, Minnesota, but lost that status to Chaska a year later. [3] The town lasted about ten years from its founding and had a post office from 1856 until 1858 and again from 1861 until 1862. [4] It still existed as a town in 1870, as there is a U.S. federal census record for it.
44°41′52″N 93°42′08″W / 44.6977406°N 93.7021821°W