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Brookville’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Brookville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Brookville Township is one of the twenty-six townships of Redwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 258 at the 2000 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 224 to 210 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Brookville yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Brookville, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Brookville is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Brookville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Adolph C. Ochs House in Springfield, 5.8 miles away.

Brookville and the nearest listed places

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Adolph C. Ochs HouseBendixon-Schmid HouseKreitinger GarageClements State Bank BuildingBerg's, C., HotelChicago and North Western Depot

Closest to Brookville

Adolph C. Ochs HouseSpringfield · Building5.8miBendixon-Schmid HouseSpringfield · Building5.9miKreitinger GarageSpringfield · Building6miClements State Bank BuildingClements · Building7.6miBerg's, C., HotelSleepy Eye · Building10mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Adolph C. Ochs House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Brookville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Brookville’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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