Breezy Point’s post office opened in 1941, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 15% of U.S. towns · #248 of 273 in Minnesota. What drives it
Most of Breezy Point was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Its Register listing is the Wilford H. Fawcett House. Its Register listing is the Wilford H. Fawcett House. Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 1940.
Founding year: the first Breezy Point post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Breezy Point’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Breezy Point is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #248 of 273 in Minnesota. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Breezy Point’s overall grade.
Minnesota towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Minnesota town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Breezy Point’s 3.7 sits near the middle of its state (59% of Minnesota towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to C. The pre-1940 share (±0.7 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Breezy Point’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The city of Breezy Point is best known for being the home to a resort of the same name on land acquired in 1921 by millionaire publicist Wilford Fawcett, owner of Fawcett Publications, and creator of the famous Whiz Bang magazine. His personal home, Fawcett House, is on rental to the public.
With the resort community growing as a result of Fawcett's actions, a village was incorporated in 1939 with the name of Pelican Lakes. It was renamed to Breezy Point in 1969.
The Breezy Point post office opened in 1941, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Breezy Point rank for history?
Breezy Point is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns, #248 of 273 in Minnesota. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Breezy Point?
One place: the Wilford H. Fawcett House (listed 1980).
How old are the homes in Breezy Point?
0.6% of Breezy Point’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 8.1% for a Minnesota town; the median home was built in 1997.
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).
From Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.
