Editing Breckinridge, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
The [[Enid and Tonkawa Railway]] (later sold to the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway]]) built though the area in 1899 during construction of its line from [[North Enid, Oklahoma|North Enid]] to [[Billings, Oklahoma|Billings]].  So, when the [[Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railroad]] (later the [[St. Louis and San Francisco Railway]]) also built a branch through the area in the 1900-1901 timeframe from [[Blackwell, Oklahoma|Blackwell]] through [[Hunter, Oklahoma|Hunter]] and [[Enid, Oklahoma|Enid]] to the town of Darrow, the two railroads intersected at Breckinridge's location.<ref name=Garfield>{{cite web|url= https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=GA012 |title=Garfield County|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}</ref><ref name="OHS-Breckinridge">{{cite web|url= https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=BR012  |title=Breckinridge|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|accessdate=March 25, 2024}}</ref>  The Frisco Town Company platted the locale in March 1901, and named it for Breckinridge Jones, who was president of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company of [[St. Louis, Missouri]] and a major railroad investor.<ref name="OHS-Breckinridge"/>  The post office originally used the "Breckenridge" spelling, but two months later changed over to the "Breckinridge" spelling.<ref name="OHS-Breckinridge"/>

The town's population fell as low as 42 in the 1960 Census, and the post office closed on November 22, 1963.<ref name="OHS-Breckinridge"/>  However, the town rebounded after a large ammonium nitrate fertilizer plant was constructed east of Enid in the 1970's.<ref name="OHS-Breckinridge"/>