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As of the
census2
of 2000, there were 294 people, 137
households, and 79 families residing in
the city. The
population density was 86.7/km˛
(223.9/mi˛). There were 154 housing
units at an average density of 45.4/km˛
(117.3/mi˛). The racial makeup of the
city was 91.50%
White, 4.42%
Native American, 2.38% from
other races, and 1.70% from two or
more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 3.40% of the
population.
There were 137 households out of which
24.1% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 46.7% were
married couples living together,
9.5% had a female householder with no
husband present, and 42.3% were
non-families. 40.1% of all households
were made up of individuals and 25.5%
had someone living alone who was 65
years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.15 and the average
family size was 2.90.
In the city the
population was spread out with 21.8%
under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24,
24.5% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to
64, and 23.1% who were 65 years of age
or older. The median age was 42 years.
For every 100 females there were 94.7
males. For every 100 females age 18 and
over, there were 91.7 males.
The median income for
a household in the city was $24,722, and
the median income for a family was
$40,417. Males had a median income of
$25,000 versus $17,917 for females. The
per capita income for the city was
$14,650. About 9.9% of families and
12.0% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 9.6% of
those under the age of eighteen and
33.3% of those sixty five or over.
GONVICK, a city in Pine Lake Township, sections 9 and
10, was incorporated as a village on August 1, 1917. It developed when
an area of the Red Lake Reservation opened for prospective homesteaders
on May 15, 1896. One version of the name's origin is that when a group
of local men got together to change the name from Wildwood, they decided
to name it for the oldest man present, Martin Gonvick, born in 1863. The
other story is that it was named for Emma Gonvick Monsrud, first wife of
Peter Monsrud, who built a sawmill on land Emma homesteaded in 1896; she
died in 1899; the sawmill closed in 1929. The post office, established
in Beltrami County, began in 1900, with storekeeper Nels Fredensberg,
postmaster. The Soo Line came in 1910 and in addition to local
construction, businesses from Wildwood moved there.
WILDWOOD, a village that became part of Gonvick,
having a sawmill and the homestead of P. A. Monsrud, built in 1896 on
Lost River. The Pine Lake Creamery Association was organized in 1907;
the blacksmith shop had a hall on the second floor for dances, meetings,
and magic lantern shows. The community had a number of other businesses
until its demise in 1910, when the Soo Line went through Gonvick and
businesses moved up the hill to be closer to the railroad.
