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History · Bruno Township

15% of Bruno Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1962 on and the census since 1910.

0on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Bruno 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 Bruno Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Bruno Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Bruno Township.

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Named after Bruno Township, after an early hotel owner there, the city of Bruno was incorporated on 29 August 1903. Before, the Eastern Railway Company of Minnesota operated a station in 1887 known as Mansfield Station, a village owned and platted by Fitzhugh Burns. Post office service began in 1896. Because many of the early settlers were from Czechoslovakia, the city may also have been named for Brno, a city in the Czech Republic.

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On the map

Bruno Township on the map, 1962 to 1981

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

Bruno Township on the 1962 USGS mapBruno Township on the 1981 USGS map1962Bruno sheet · 1:62,500

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

People over time

Bruno Township, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 234

Between 85 and 234 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Bruno Township’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Norman Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKerrick TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPark TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFleming TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBrunoIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.