The Brevator Township post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Brevator (1913), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 1,214113 years
How historic is Brevator Township?
C−
More historic than 16% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Brevator Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Brevator Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Brevator Township is more historic than 16% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Brevator Township’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 Brevator Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Minnesota towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% 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 is a Census survey estimate (±5.5 points). 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 Brevator Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brevator Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Brevator Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,214 at the 2020 census. U.S. Highway 2 and State Highway 33 (MN 33) are two of the main routes in the township. Highway 2 runs east–west through the northern portion of the township. Highway 33 runs north–south through the eastern portion of the township. A portion of Brevator Township is located within the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation.
Its first post office opened in 1913. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,269 to 1,214 (-4%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Brevator Township, 1913 to 1953
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Brevator Township.
1953Brookston sheet · 1:24,000
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Brevator Township.
Famous people
Famous people close to Brevator Township
Nobody well known was born in Brevator Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Brevator Township post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Brevator Township rank for history?
Brevator Township is more historic than 16% of U.S. towns. 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.
How old are the homes in Brevator Township?
9% of Brevator Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.5 points), against a typical 8.1% for a Minnesota town; the median home was built in 1980.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.
