Breckenridge Township, Wilkin County, Minnesota

Breckenridge Township, Minnesota
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 / 46.23972; -96.55194
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyWilkin
Area
  Total
21.1 sq mi (54.6 km2)
  Land21.0 sq mi (54.3 km2)
  Water0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation
965 ft (294 m)
Population
 (2000)
  Total
234
  Density11.2/sq mi (4.3/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
56520
Area code218
FIPS code27-07480
GNIS feature ID0663658

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.