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Homedahl is an abandoned townsite in sections 29 and 30 of Seely Township in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States.

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 " location in Norway." The village had a station of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, and the post office lasted from 1877 to 1904.

Notes

1. "Homedahl - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
2. Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 189. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Faribault County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Blue Earth
Cities	Blue Earth Bricelyn Delavan Easton Elmore Frost Kiester Minnesota Lake‡ Walters Wells Winnebago
Townships	Barber Blue Earth City Brush Creek Clark Delavan Dunbar Elmore Emerald Foster Jo Daviess Kiester Lura Minnesota Lake Pilot Grove Prescott Rome Seely Verona Walnut Lake Winnebago City
Unincorporated communities	Baroda Brush Creek Dell Guckeen Huntley Marna Pilot Grove
Ghost towns	Clayton Homedahl Walnut Lake
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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