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San Francisco is an abandoned townsite in San Francisco Township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.

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, but lost that status to Chaska 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. It still existed as a town in 1870, as there is a U.S. federal census record for it.

References

1. "San Francisco Township". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 608. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.
3. San Francisco – Ghost Town
4. Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. pp. 88, 89. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.

44°41′52″N 93°42′08″W / 44.6977406°N 93.7021821°W / 44.6977406; -93.7021821

v t e Municipalities and communities of Carver County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Chaska
Cities	Carver Chanhassen‡ Chaska Cologne Hamburg Mayer New Germany Norwood Young America Victoria Waconia Watertown
Townships	Benton Camden Dahlgren Hancock Hollywood Laketown San Francisco Waconia Watertown Young America
CDP	Crown College
Unincorporated communities	Assumption‡ Augusta Bongards Coney Island Dahlgren East Union Gotha Hollywood Maple Oster‡
Ghost town	San Francisco
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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