The Trojanów train station, which was established in the course of the construction of the railway line from Kutno to Toruń between 1859 and 1865, was the nucleus of the town, which was founded in 1862.

Equally important was its location near the border of the Russian Empire (Congress Poland) with the Kingdom of Prussia.

[8] In the years 1921–1923 there was an internment camp for soldiers of the Ukrainian People's Republic in Aleksandrów Kujawski.

In 1932, Aleksandrów Kujawski became the seat of the Nieszawa county, which on April 1, 1938, became part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic.

The A1 motorway, which is a part of the european route E75, passes about 3 km (1.9 mi) to the east of the town.