San Francisco is an abandoned townsite in San Francisco Township

San Francisco Township, Minnesota

San Francisco Township is a township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 888 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 24.0 square miles , of which 23.1 square miles is land and...

 in Carver County

Carver County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 70,205 people, 24,356 households, and 18,778 families residing in the county. The population density was 197 people per square mile . There were 24,883 housing units at an average density of 70 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...

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History

San Francisco was first settled in 1854 and named by the founder, William Foster, after the city in California. It was reportedly the original county seat of Carver County, Minnesota

Carver County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 70,205 people, 24,356 households, and 18,778 families residing in the county. The population density was 197 people per square mile . There were 24,883 housing units at an average density of 70 per square mile...

, U.S.A. but lost that status to Chaska

Chaska, Minnesota

As of 2005, there were 22,467 people and 8,194 households residing in the city. The population density was 1,640 people per square mile . There were 6,235 housing units at an average density of 454.1 per square mile...

a year later. The town lasted about ten years from its founding and had a post office from 1856 until 1858 and again from 1861 until 1862.

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