Breckenridge Township, Minnesota | |
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  Breckenridge Township, Minnesota Location within the state of Minnesota  Breckenridge Township, Minnesota Breckenridge Township, Minnesota (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 46°14′23″N 96°33′7″W / 46.23972°N 96.55194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Wilkin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.1 sq mi (54.6 km2) |
| • Land | 21.0 sq mi (54.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 965 ft (294 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 234 |
| • Density | 11.2/sq mi (4.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 56520 |
| Area code | 218 |
| FIPS code | 27-07480[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0663658[2] |
Breckenridge Township is a township in Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 234 at the 2000 census.
Breckenridge Township was organized in 1857, and named for John C. Breckinridge, a Senator from Kentucky, fourteenth Vice President of the United States, and later Confederate general and the last Confederate Secretary of War.[3]
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 578.