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As of the
census2
of 2000, there were 160 people, 69 households, and 40
families residing in the city. The
population density was 77.2/km˛ (201.1/mi˛). There
were 76 housing units at an average density of 36.7/km˛
(95.5/mi˛). The racial makeup of the city was 96.25%
White, 0.62%
Native American, and 3.12% from two or more races.
There were 69 households out of which
33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them,
46.4% were
married couples living together, 4.3% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 42.0% were
non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of
individuals and 10.1% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was
2.32 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the city the population was spread
out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24,
31.9% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who
were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37
years. For every 100 females there were 119.2 males. For
every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.5
males.
The median income for a household in
the city was $30,000, and the median income for a family
was $37,813. Males had a median income of $73,750 versus
$20,000 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $20,015. About
6.7% of families and 12.6% of the population were below
the
poverty line, including 15.6% of those under the age
of eighteen and 8.3% of those sixty five or over.
SHEVLIN Township and city were named in honor of the
late Thomas Henry Shevlin of Minneapolis. He was born in Albany, N.Y.,
January 3, 1852; died in Pasadena, Calif., January 15, 1912. He came to
Minnesota in 1886, settling in Minneapolis, and was president of several
logging and lumber manufacturing companies, cutting much pine timber in
this county. He was donor of the Alice A. Shevlin Hall, University of
Minnesota, built in 1906. The city was incorporated as a village in
1898, the same year the townsite was platted on 160 acres of land
originally owned by Peter Burstad, and the post office was established,
with Andrew L. Gordon, postmaster in his store, the first building in
the community.
