Editing Finlayson, Minnesota (section)

==History==

Finlayson Township, organized October 22, 1895, and the city in Finlayson and Pine Lake Townships were named in honor of David Finlayson, the former proprietor of a sawmill in this village. The city was incorporated as a village on August 24, 1905; it had a station of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a sawmill, a pickle factory, and two potato warehouses among its early businesses. The post office was established in 1887.<ref name="lakesnwoods.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lakesnwoods.com/Finlayson.htm|title = Guide to Finlayson Minnesota}}</ref>

The fashion brand [[Askov Finlayson]] was named after this city and neighboring [[Askov, Minnesota]], which share a freeway exit on [[I-35]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mr-mag.com/askov-finlayson-the-trifecta/|title=Askov Finlayson: The trifecta|date=14 February 2013}}</ref>

The [[Finlayson station|Northern Pacific station]] still stands and is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].