Welcome to Wilkin County, Minnesota
Genealogy and History Resources
Wilkin County history
Wilkin County, Minnesota was created in 1858. It's parent counties were Cass, Toombs and Johnson. The county seat is Breckenridge.
U.S. Census reports are available for this county from 1870 to 1930.
| Year | Population | Year | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 8080 | 1960 | 10650 |
| 1910 | 9063 | 1970 | 9389 |
| 1920 | 10187 | 1980 | 8454 |
| 1930 | 9791 | 1990 | 7516 |
| 1940 | 10475 | 1997 | 7367 |
| 1950 | 10567 | 2000 | 7138 |
| Year | County Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2547 | |
| 1980 | 2615 | |
| 1990 | 2646 | |
| 2000 | 2675 | |
Wilkin Co. Photos
Wilkin Co. Government - Official Site
Location of Wilkin County Townships
Current Wilkin Co. Queries
Red River Genealogical Society
1920 Minnesota Geographic Names - Wilkin County
Wilkin County Historical Society
704 Nebraska Avenue
Breckenridge, MN 56520 
Place a Wilkin County Query
28 Jun 2009
Archived Queries
Wilkin County Cemeteries
Biographies from Compendium of History and Biography of Central and Northern Minnesota
Wilkin Co. Lookups
Wilkin Co. Newspapers
Obituary Index
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll
1903 Platbook for various townships
1915 Platbook
Join the Wilkin County Mailing List
A list dedicated to finding cousins in Wilkin County.
SEARCH the ENTIRE Wilkin County MNGenWeb site.
This will allow you to search the contents of all the publicly available WWW documents at this site.
Alternative Search Engine
6 Apr 2009Wilkin County Links
- Wilkin County MN Place Index
- Wilkin County Platbook for Selected Townships, 1903
- Wilkin County - National Association of Counties - has some good information on courthouse/cities/school districts
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