About Bergen Township

Bergen Township is located in the Northeast corner of McLeod County and is largely a farming community.

Bergen Township has rolling terrain with two major waterways: the south fork of the Crow River and Buffalo Creek. 

History

Bergen Township was named by the Norwegian settlers that emigrated from Bergen Norway. 

Near the center of the township was a settlement called Brush Prairie. This little village consisted of a general store, blacksmith, country school, church, town hall, and post office. 

On April 5, 1859, the first voters meeting of Bergen Township was held with 33 voters present. All the early township records show that the most important business dealt with was road issues. As of today, there are approximately 34 miles of township roads.

The Brush Prairie settlement existed until 1911, when a new town hall was built on the present town hall site. The village could not exist at its original site, as business started growing where the railroad came through, which is now the town of Lester Prairie.