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Fosston is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the 'Grand Forks-ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 1,527 at the 2010 census
History
The incorporation papers of Fosston were recorded June 8, 1889, by the Register of Deeds in Crookston, the County Seat of Polk County, Minnesota. Fosston was named for Louis Foss (1849–1920), who was an immigrant from the village Nyttingnes in SSogn og Fjordane county, Norway. Mr. Foss was the founder and owner of Louis Foss & Company, one of the first business to be established in the community. The city of Fosston is reputed to be the adopted hometown of Cordwood Pete, younger brother of famed lumberjack Paul Bunyan.
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Last Name, Given Name(s) | Birth | Person ID | Tree | ||
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1 | Thompson, Carl Johan | Monday 01 February 1886 | Fosston, Polk County, Minnesota, USA | I453484 | Veenkoloniale voorouders |
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