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History · Brocket

Brocket’s post office opened in 1901, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1910.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Brocket began

When was Brocket founded?

1901

The Brocket post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 186 in 19102020 census: 34125 years
Founding year: the first Brocket post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Brocket’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 Brocket are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 291 in 1940; 34 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Brocket’s homes were built before 1961.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brocket’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Brocket, census by census

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Peaked at 291 in 1940; 34 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Brocket, in brief

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

Brocket is a city in Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 34 as of the 2020 census, and was estimated at 34 in 2025.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 57 to 34 (-40%).

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

Timeline

Brocket, 1901 to 1971

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Brocket post office opens
  3. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 291
  4. 1960Born hereTammy Miller is born here
  5. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Brocket, decade by decade

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On the map

Brocket on the map, 1971 to 1993

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

Brocket on the 1971 USGS mapBrocket on the 1985 USGS mapBrocket on the 1993 USGS map1971Brocket 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 Brocket.

Questions about Brocket’s history

What year was Brocket founded?

The Brocket post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.