Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing
genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers.
This website is available for adoption.
We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project
be as successful as we can make it. If you are interested in joining our group by hosting one of the available
county websites, view our Volunteer
Page for further information about us and then contact Kim.
[A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic
webpage is required.]
All information you find on this site is submitted by people like you and me, searching for their family roots.
We welcome any information you may wish to provide for the free research of others. So, dust off those old scrapbooks
you have in your attic, dig out those old newspapers, or anything else you feel is of interest to this County,
and send them our way. We are looking for obituaries, newspaper stories, biographies, Birth, Death and Marriage
records, as well as interesting tidbits from years gone past - the items YOU used to put together your family trees.
If you have information that you'd like to share with us on the history of this county and its people, please send it to us and we'll make sure it gets posted online.
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County Information
Organized in 1858
Parent counties: Cass, Toombs, Johnson
Named for Col. Alexander Wilkin, who was killed in the Civil War
County Seat
Breckenridge
Government Website
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Originally established as Toombs County on March 8, 1858, it was 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 Jackson County after President Andrew Jackson and to disassociate with Mr. Toombs. The county again changed
its name to Wilkin County in March 6, 1868.
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Townships
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Cities
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Akron Township
Andrea Township
Atherton Township
Bradford Township
Brandrup Township
Breckenridge Township
Campbell Township
Champion Township
Connelly Township
Deerhorn Township
Foxhome Township
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Manston Township
McCauleyville Township
Meadows Township
Mitchell Township
Nilsen Township
Nordick Township
Prairie View Township
Roberts Township
Sunnyside Township
Tanberg Township
Wolverton Township
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Breckenridge
Campbell
Doran
Foxhome
Kent
Nashua
Rothsay (part)
Tenney
Wolverton
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