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As of the
census2
of 2000, there were 156 people, 57
households, and 40 families residing in
the city. The
population density was 59.1/km˛
(152.5/mi˛). There were 61 housing units
at an average density of 23.1/km˛
(59.7/mi˛). The racial makeup of the
city was 97.44%
White and 2.56%
African American.
There were 57 households
out of which 36.8% had children under
the age of 18 living with them, 40.4%
were
married couples living together,
21.1% had a female householder with no
husband present, and 29.8% were
non-families. 19.3% of all households
were made up of individuals and none had
someone living alone who was 65 years of
age or older. The average household size
was 2.74 and the average family size was
3.00.
In the city the
population was spread out with 32.1%
under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24,
30.1% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to
64, and 5.8% who were 65 years of age or
older. The median age was 31 years. For
every 100 females there were 108.0
males. For every 100 females age 18 and
over, there were 100.0 males.
The median income for
a household in the city was $43,750, and
the median income for a family was
$45,625. Males had a median income of
$29,063 versus $16,250 for females. The
per capita income for the city was
$14,353. About 8.3% of families and
13.5% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 23.1% of
those under the age of eighteen and none
of those sixty five or over.
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.
