Announcements
ATTENTION RIDGELAWN CEMETERY LOT OWNERS:
The Village DPW crew will be conducting clean-up at the cemetery in October.  Please remove ALL decorations from the cemetery before Tuesday October 1st.  Beginning Tuesday October 1st, ALL remaining decorations and flowers will be REMOVED. The Village WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for items removed from your cemetery lot.
Winter decorations may be placed beginning Wednesday October 16th.  The Ridgelawn Cemetery Rules will be enforced. Rules on decorations are posted at both ends of the cemetery, on the Village website, or available at the Village Office.
Village of Breckenridge
The Village of Breckenridge
The Village of Breckenridge is 1.07 square miles of land in the middle of Michigan's agricultural heartland. We are located in Wheeler Township, within Gratiot County.
The village was founded when the Pere Marquette Railroad came through the area and incorporated as a village in 1908.In 1860 Charles Howd made the first move toward conquering the wilderness where the Village of Breckenridge now stands. He claimed 240 acres in Section 30 of Wheeler Township, part of which later made up the southeast portion of the Village.
Upcoming Meetings
16 Oct
20 Nov
Our History
The Travers Brothers established a hoop factory in the winter of 1883-84 and operated it for several years. As the lumber was cut and the land cleared, these factories and lumber mills moved to other locations where lumber was still plentiful.
In their place came farming as a growing factor in the economic life and by 1900 the sugar beet industry had begun its growth with several factories in the area. A new interest was added to the community with the organization of the Breckenridge Auction & Sales Co. For more than a quarter of a century the livestock auction made the Village an important outlet for the stock raised in Central Michigan.
