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History · Brookfield Township

Brookfield Township’s post office opened in 1897, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1967 on.

1897first post office
0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Brookfield Township began

When was Brookfield Township founded?

1897

The Brookfield Township post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Brookfield (1897), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 143129 years
Founding year: the first Brookfield Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Brookfield Township’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Brookfield Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Brookfield Township’s homes were built before 1957.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brookfield Township’s history is told.

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The story so far

Brookfield Township, in brief

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

Brookfield Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 163 at the 2000 census. Brookfield Township was organized in 1874.

Its first post office opened in 1897. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 156 to 143 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Brookfield Township, 1897 to 1967

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1897Post officeThe Brookfield post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1914Post officeThe Brookfield post office closes
  5. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Brookfield Township on the map, 1967 to 1986

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

Brookfield Township on the 1967 USGS mapBrookfield Township on the 1986 USGS map1967Churchill 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 Brookfield Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Brookfield, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Churchill
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Brookfield Township
BrookfieldFriendsMethodist Episcopal

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Osceola TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHector TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBoon Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Brookfield Township’s history

What year was Brookfield Township founded?

The Brookfield Township post office opened in 1897, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.