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Minnesota

Wilkin County

 

 

 

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Its county seat is Breckenridge. The county is named for Colonel Alexander Wilkin, a lawyer who served as Minnesota’s U.S. marshal and was later killed in the Civil War.

Wilkin County was originally established as Toombs County on March 8, 1858, named after Robert Toombs (1810–85) of Georgia, who had been a member of Congress, 1845–53, and was U.S. senator, 1853-61. Mr. Toombs became a leading disunionist, then a Confederate secretary of state in 1861, and later was a Confederate general. In 1863, the county was renamed Andy Johnson County after President Andrew Johnson and to disassociate with Mr. Toombs. The county again changed its name to Wilkin County on March 6, 1868.

Toombs County was formed in 1858 from Pembina County. It is the parental county for Traverse County, and now are parts of Clay, Otter Tail, Grant, Stevens, Douglas and Pope counties.

On Line Data

Cities
Breckenridge (county seat)
Campbell
Doran
Foxhome
Kent
Nashua
Rothsay
Wolverton
Unincorporated communities
Brushvale
Childs
Everdell
Lawndale
McCauleyville
Tenney
Townships
Akron
Andrea
Atherton
Bradford
Brandrup
Breckenridge
Campbell
Champion
Connelly
Deerhorn
Foxhome
Manston
McCauleyville
Meadows
Mitchell
Nilsen
Nordick
Prairie View
Roberts
Sunnyside
Tanberg
Wolverton

 

Adjacent counties
Clay County (north)
Otter Tail County (east)
Grant County (southeast)
Traverse County (south)
Richland County, North Dakota (southwest)
Cass County, North Dakota (northwest)

 

Wilkin County Courthouse

 

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