Cazenovia, Minnesota
Encyclopedia
Cazenovia is a ghost town
in section 21 of Troy Township
in Pipestone County
, Minnesota
, United States
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. It was named for a town and lake in said county. The town had a post office from 1885 until 1938, and had a station of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
in section 21 of Troy Township
Troy Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota
Troy Township is a township in Pipestone County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 318 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 43.6 square miles , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were...
in Pipestone County
Pipestone County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,895 people, 4,069 households, and 2,726 families residing in the county. The population density was 21 people per square mile . There were 4,434 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
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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History
Cazenovia was founded in 1884 by pioneers from Madison County, New YorkMadison County, New York
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 73,442. It is named after James Madison, fourth President of the United States of America...
. It was named for a town and lake in said county. The town had a post office from 1885 until 1938, and had a station of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway.