Faribault, Minnesota This article is about the town/city of Faribault, Minnesota.
Faribault, Minnesota City of Faribault Buildings in downtown Faribault Buildings in downtown Faribault Flag of Faribault, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Faribaultwithin Rice Countyin the state of Minnesota Location of the town/city of Faribault Residential areas in Faribault Faribault (/ f rbo / fair-boh) is a town/city in Rice County, Minnesota, United States.
The populace was 23,352 at the 2010 census. Faribault is approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Minneapolis and St.
Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highways 3, 21, and 60 are four of the chief routes in the community.
Faribault is situated at the confluence of the Cannon and Straight Rivers in southern Minnesota.
Faribault is regarded as one of the most historic communities in Minnesota, with settlement and commercial activeness predating Minnesota's establishment as a U.S.
The city's namesake, Alexander Faribault, was the son of Jean-Baptiste Faribault, a French-Canadian fur trader and Elizabeth Pelagie Kinzie Haines, a woman of the Dakotah tribe. He is credited with fueling most of the early settlement activeness in the region beginning in 1826, when he established a fur trading post on the banks of the Cannon River.
By 1834, the trading post had grown in popularity and was relocated to the Straight River, one mile (1.6 km) upstream of its junction with the Cannon River, the site of modern-day Faribault.
The young Alexander Faribault used his knowledge of Dakotah language and culture to advancement relations with the displaced Wahpekute and even helped the tribe to resettle in the area.
The Alexander Faribault House was assembled in 1853 by Alexander Faribault at a cost of $4,000.
The home is considered the earliest framed structure in the area, and still stands in its initial locale near the southeastern edge of Faribault's historic downtown district.
Spurred by the culmination of the area's first steam-powered sawmill in early 1854, the next year would bring Faribault from a sleepy settlement of 20 buildings to a bustling town with more than 250 buildings.
Historians attribute Faribault's impressive expansion during this reconstructionto a number of meaningful milestones which were passed in 1855 and 1856, including the creation of roads connecting to other settlements and trading posts in Iowa and Minnesota Territory, the availability of mail service, and the assembly of schools and churches.
The City of Faribault was platted in 1855 and granted a home-rule charter in 1872. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.67 square miles (40.59 km2); 15.32 square miles (39.68 km2) is territory and 0.35 square miles (0.91 km2) is water. The confluence of the Straight River and the Cannon River is positioned inside town/city limits. Sakatah Lake State Park and Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park are nearby.
There were 8,317 homeholds of which 36.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.5% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.4% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Among them is the Paradise Center for the Arts, a multipurpose art center which is the result of a consolidation between the Faribault Art Center and the Faribault Area Community Theatre.
Two long-time Faribault retailing/shopping establishments closed: the earliest and a long-time Central Avenue fixture, Jim & Joe's Clothiers, closed after 125+ years of service due to a number of related factors, primarily centering on the standard issues facing most small-town, family-owned retailers. The second, Minnick's Food Market, was Faribault's last mom-and-pop grocery store and was closed after 60+ years of operation in late 2006.
Herbert Sellner, a woodworker and manufacturer of water slides, invented the Tilt-A-Whirl in 1926, at his Faribault, Minnesota, home.
In 1927, Sellner Manufacturing opened its factory in Faribault, and the ride debuted that year at the Minnesota State Fair. Faribault is positioned in Minnesota's 1st congressional district, represented by Tim Walz, a Democrat.
The Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf and for the Blind, including the State Library for the Blind, are positioned in the southeast part of the town/city above the Straight River.
Noyes Hall, a neoclassical building on the ground of Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building is titled for Jonathon L.
The Faribault Correctional Facility is a state prison positioned on the ground of a former mental hospital (aka "The State Schools").
The River Bend Nature Center is a 750-acre (3.0 km2) non-profit nature center in the southeast corner of Faribault.
Stephen Chatman, Canadian composer, born in Faribault in 1950 Patrick Eaves, a National Hockey League player for the Detroit Red Wings; born in Calgary, Alberta but interval up in Faribault He played football for the University of Minnesota and starred in the movie Smith of Minnesota.
Faribault web site United States Enumeration Bureau.
Faribault Life and Times.
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Minnesota State Fair: Origins and Traditions | MNopedia".
"Our Heritage Faribault Mill".
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