Guide to Brewster Minnesota

Brewster is a city in Nobles County, Minnesota. Minnesota State Highway 60 serves as a main route in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.36 square miles (3.52 km2), all of it land. The elevation is 1,490 ft (454 m).

As of the census of 2010, there were 473 people, 207 households, and 130 families residing in the city. The population density was 347.8 inhabitants per square mile (134.3/km2). There were 218 housing units at an average density of 160.3 per square mile (61.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 95.3% White, 0.2% African American, 1.3% Native American, 2.7% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.3% of the population.

There were 207 households of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.2% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.95.

The median age in the city was 39.5 years. 27.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.3% were from 25 to 44; 28% were from 45 to 64; and 14.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.9% male and 50.1% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Founding of Brewster: The town of Brewster was in established in the spring of 1872, but was known for many years as Hersey. It was the first town established in Nobles County by the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad, and was named after General Samuel F. Hersey, a lumber baron from Maine, and one of the railroad's directors. The first resident was W. R. Bennett, who came to take charge of the railroad station. T. J. Smith put up the first store which was run by A. J. Timlin for many years. Mr. A. O. Conde established a lumber yard and a grain business, Martin Heiser opened a second store, a hotel was opened by a Mr. Humphrey, and John Iverson established a blacksmith shop. All of this occurred in 1872, the same year that A. J. Timlin became postmaster.

Source of Name: In 1880, the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad was purchased by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, or the Omaha Road, and there was already a station named Hersey on the latter road's track in Wisconsin. In order to avoid confusion, the name of Hersey was changed, briefly to Nobles County Station. Soon thereafter, the name Brewster was settled upon. There is some confusion regarding the choice of name. E. F. Drake, president of the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad once stated that the name "was changed to Brewster after a director of the Omaha Road." But a brochure later put out by the Omaha Road stated that "the present name was given in honor of Brewster, a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, which was named in honor of Elder William Brewster, one of the first settlers of Plymouth Colony."

Incorporation: By the fall of 1898, it was found that 180 people lived in the community of Brewster. Thus it was decided that the time had come for incorporation. An election was held on December 14, 1898, and out of the 28 ballots cast, only one was opposed to idea of municipal government. On January 9, 1899, Leon Morris assumed duties as the first president of Brewster Village.

BREWSTER, a city in sections 23-26 of Hersey Township, platted April 22, 1872, was called Hersey until August 1880, being then renamed either for the village and township of Brewster in Barnstable County, Mass., or, according to Elias F. Drake, then president of the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad, was named for a director of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad. The city was incorporated as a village on December 19, 1898; the post office began as Hersey in section 25, 1872-86, then changed to Brewster, although the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad station was already known as Brewster by 1880. Peter Geyerman became postmaster in 1886 at his general store, The Big Store.

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American Legion Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5965
Brewster City Hall 906 3rd Avenue Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5936
Brewster Heating & Cooling 1216 3rd Avenue Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5353
Brunk Brothers 86549 320th Avenue Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5244
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Dennis Mcnab Farming & Truck 23710 State Highway 60 Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 376-6554
Ebeling Gilts Inc 31278 860th Street Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5513
Ground Water Management Inc 13805 Wass Avenue Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 468-2222
Haberman Farm Supply Inc 81531 320th Avenue Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5565
Hein Appraisal Company 14680 Sundberg Avenue Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 468-2758
Henning Brothers 33886 800th Street Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5250
Koopman Racing 21580 State Highway 60 Brewster, MN 56119-2017 Phone: (507) 842-5510 Web: www.koopmanracing.com Koopman Racing got started by loading up the kids and heading to our local track! Eventually we started to carry a few spare parts and the rest is history! We have been at this for over 10 years now and raced 100s of local races and also races as far away as Louisiana and Oklahoma. Additionally, we attend many swap meets during the off season. We're look forward to seeing you at the track!
Kunerth Seed Center 34858 150th Street Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 425-2353
Mike Bourquin Construction PO Box 114 Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5977
Minnesota Soybean Processors PO Box 100 Brewster, MN 56119-0100 Phone: (507) 842-6677 Web: www.mnsoy.com Minnesota Soybean Processors is a 2350+ membership cooperative that owns and operates a soybean crush facility and bio-diesel operation in Brewster, Minnesota. The MnSP mission is to provide the maximum value-added return to our investors by combining the latest soybean processing technologies with proven management. The Brewster facility started processing beans in our crushing facility in 2003 with the addition of the Bio-diesel refining facility in 2005. The process all starts with the farmer. Our farmers strive to deliver beans that are high in oil and protein content.
New Vision Co-Op 931 1st Avenue Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5944
Redrock Holding 303 10th Street Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5665
Reitmeier Masonry 811 4th Avenue Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 360-8358
Rolling Hills Bank & Trust 224 10th Street Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5933
Silver Bucket Bar Inc 104 3rd Avenue Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5609
Smith Dental Lab 205 8th Street Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5228
Storeroom Mini Storage Frontier Road Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5433
Tolo Enterprises 17403 Ulrich Avenue Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5222
Vahalla Painting LLC 21580 State Highway 60 Brewster, MN 56119 Phone: (507) 842-5510

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