Guide to Brook Park Minnesota

Brook Park (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

113

125

156

139

-17

-10.90

Land Area (sq. mile)

1.00

0.95

1.02

0.00

Density (persons per sq. mile)

113.0

97.9

122.6

152.6

137.3

-15.3

-10.03

Housing Units

-1

-1.64

Households

-7

-12.28

Persons Per Household

2.21

2.45

2.74

2.78

+0.04

+1.46

Brook Park is a city in Pine County, Minnesota. Minnesota State Highways 23 and 107 are two of the main routes in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.01 square miles (2.62 km²), all of it land. The elevation is 1,027 ft (313 m). Pokegama Creek flows nearby.

As of the census of 2010, there were 139 people, 50 households, and 39 families residing in the city. The population density was 137.6 inhabitants per square mile (53.1/km2). There were 60 housing units at an average density of 59.4 per square mile (22.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 99.3% White and 0.7% African American.

There were 50 households of which 42.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 20.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 22.0% were non-families. 18.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.05.

The median age in the city was 35.1 years. 25.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.2% were from 25 to 44; 29.5% were from 45 to 64; and 12.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

BROOK PARK Township, organized April 18, 1894, and the city in sections 15 and 22 have a euphonious name suggested by Dr. C. A. Kelsey, who envisioned a parklike setting along Pokegama Creek. The city was incorporated as a village on October 1, 1919, and separated from the township on March 3, 1920. The village began about 1874 with a lumber camp on the site called Pokegama and had a station of the Great Northern Railway. After the Hinckley fire of 1894 destroyed all the buildings, the village was rebuilt with a number of stores and businesses and named Brook Park after the township, although the post office form of the name was Brookpark from 1894 to 1950, at which time the present name was adopted.