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| Brooks (city) | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 1990-2000 Change | |
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| Population | 163 | 173 | 158 | 141 | -17 | -10.76 |
| Land Area (sq. mile) | 1.10 | 1.26 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 0.00 | 0.24 |
| Density (persons per sq. mile) | 148.18 | 137.30 | 136.21 | 121.26 | -14.94 | -10.97 |
| Housing Units | 57 | 72 | 67 | 64 | -3 | -4.48 |
| Households | -- | 60 | 64 | 61 | -3 | -4.69 |
| Persons Per Household | -- | 2.88 | 2.47 | 2.31 | -0.16 | -6.43 |
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.0 km˛ (1.2 mi˛), all land.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
There were 61 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 19.1% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 110.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $25,417, and the median income for a family was $33,750. Males had a median income of $22,500 versus $16,250 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,947. There were none of the families and 2.8% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 11.8% of those over 64.
Brooks was established in 1904 as a station on the Soo Line Railroad. By 1926, Brooks had two general stores, a grocery store, a bank, hardware store, butcher shop, blacksmith shop, a livery barn, two saloons, a community hall and a hotel to accommodate travelers. Brooks was primarily a service town for the surrounding agricultural townships, and a creamery was established as the local dairying business developed on neighboring farms. After the invention of the cream separator, family farms in adjoining townships of Red Lake County and Polk County switched from subsistence to a market economy and became a part of the dairy industry.
In 1926, the Brooks creamery was purchased by the owners of the cheese factory in nearby Terrebonne who moved their operation to Brooks. The business widely known as the Brooks Cheese Company, a cheese factory owned by the Parenteau family, which sold its product to Kraft Food Company, and marketed its products throughout the Midwest. Local farmers would process the milk from their own cows by removing the butterfat or cream, which was hauled in cream cans to the cheese factory, while the skim milk or whey was fed to hogs or pigs raised on the same farm. The Brooks Cheese Company continued in business until the late 1970s, at which point the decline of the family farm and the predominance of large grain farms and other monocultural farms eliminated the mixed agriculture that formerly had predominated in the area of Brooks.
Although the local history of Red Lake County blames the National Farm Organization or NFO for organizing farmers to cooperative actions in withholding milk shipments, the reality is that Brooks Cheese Company could not compete with the major industrial cheese manufacturers and the development of agribusiness which portended the demise of the family farm. By the beginning of the 21st century, no dairy cows could be found anywhere within thirty miles of Brooks, whereas at one time virtually every quarter section could be counted on for the cream produced by 10 or 15 cows. Nonetheless, Brooks continues to be the site of an agricultural supply business, a gas station, and several other local businesses, as well as one church.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
BROOKS, a city in section 14 in Poplar River Township, was incorporated as a village on April 7, 1955. The post office was established in 1883, with Daniel Little, postmaster. The city was platted in 1904 as a farm community with a number of small stores and a station of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (Soo Line) in section 15.
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
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| St. Joseph Catholic Church 305 Minnesota Avenue Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4477 |
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| Brooks Auto 312 Highway 92 W Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4439 |
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| Brooks Community Federal
Credit Union 200 Main Ave Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4220 |
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| Brooks Farm Supply Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: n/a |
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| Cenex Red Lake County Co-op 106 Highway 59 S Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4271 |
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| Classic Cuts 809 Highway 59 N Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4303 |
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| Cozy Corral 318 Main Street Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4608 |
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| Field Drainage Inc 816 Highway 92 W Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4444 |
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| Hamrum Custom Saddle Shop 22142 225th St SE Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4449 |
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| Judy's Beauty Salon 702 Curd Blvd Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4493 |
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| Marflex Manufacturing 413 Main Street Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4630 |
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| Oklee Farmers
Elevator-Brooks Highway 59 Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4275 |
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| Paradis Antique & Gift Books 102 Highway 92 E Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4452 |
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| Paradis Mail Service 812 State Highway 92 W Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4613 |
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| Pat's Heating 25542 285th Ave SE Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 796-5189 |
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| Poplar River Town Hall 23864 230th Ave SE Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4648 |
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| St. Joseph Catholic Church Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: n/a |
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| Swenson Seed Farm 29667 State Highway 92 SE Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 796-5285 |
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| Third Base Liquor Lounge 701 US Highway 59 S Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4221 |
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| US Post Office 302 Main Street Brooks, MN 56715 Phone: (218) 698-4287 |
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