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Wilkin County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- March 8, 1858 (created as Toombs), 1863 (renamed), March 6, 1868 (renamed)
- Named after
- Alexander Wilkin
- Seat
- Breckenridge
- Largest city
- Breckenridge
- Total
- 751 sq mi (1,950 km )
- Land
- 751 sq mi (1,950 km )
- Water
- 0.69 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.03%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,288
- Density
- 8.7/sq mi (3.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- wilkincounty .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilkin County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population of Wilkin County was 6,506. 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 is part of the Wahpeton, ND—MN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Fargo-Wahpeton, ND-MN Combined Statistical Area.
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