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History · Breckenridge Township

14% of Breckenridge Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 12 old photos and papers and maps from 1904 on.

0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
12old photos & papers
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From Breckenridge Township’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Breckenridge Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

On the map since 19043 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1985. Watch Breckenridge Township change.A town in old photos12 old photos, postcards and papers.
★ What stands out · On the map

Breckenridge Township on the map, 1904 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Breckenridge Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Breckenridge Township on the 1904 USGS mapBreckenridge Township on the 1973 USGS mapBreckenridge Township on the 1985 USGS map1904Wahpeton sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Breckenridge Township.

By decade

Breckenridge Township, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s12 items
Breckenridge, Wahpeton Bridge1908Breckenridge, Wahpeton BridgeHigh school1908High schoolRiver scene1908River sceneStreet scene1908Street sceneCourt house1908Court houseCatholic Church1908Catholic ChurchCourt house1908Court houseRiver scene1908River sceneSt. Francis Hospital1908St. Francis HospitalGreat Northern Yards1908Great Northern YardsFifth Street looking south1908Fifth Street looking southView from court house tower1908View from court house tower
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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The story so far

Breckenridge Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Breckenridge Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Breckenridge Township is a township in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 234 at the 2000 census. Breckenridge Township was organized in 1857, and named for John C. Breckinridge, a senator from Kentucky, fourteenth vice president of the United States, and later Confederate general and the last Confederate secretary of war.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 255 to 215 (-16%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Breckenridge, Wahpeton Bridge
Retake this viewBreckenridge, Wahpeton Bridge, 1908

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Breckenridge Township’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Breckenridge Township

Nobody well known was born in Breckenridge Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Heidi HeitkampFormer United States Senator from North Dakota · b. 1955
Cheryl TiegsAmerican model · b. 1947
Chuck KlostermanAmerican author and columnist · b. 1972
Gerry SikorskiAmerican politician · b. 1948
George PutnamAmerican journalist · b. 1914
Art AndersonAmerican football player · b. 1936
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Finish Breckenridge Township’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Breckenridge1 historic placeBBrandrup Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSunnyside TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townConnelly TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Breckenridge Township’s history

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (12), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.