Homedahl is an abandoned townsite in sections 29 and 30 of Seely Township

Seely Township, Minnesota

Seely Township is a township in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 210 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.0 square miles , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were...

 in Faribault County

Faribault County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 16,181 people, 6,652 households, and 4,476 families residing in the county. The population density was 23 people per square mile . There were 7,247 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...

, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, United States

United States

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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." The village had a station of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.-Incorporation:...

, and the post office lasted from 1877 until 1904.