Brookston, Indiana

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Brookston

Cloudy
Temperature: 17.1 °F

Humidity: 57 %
Wind Speed: 16 mph WNW
Pressure: 30.43 "

Dew Point: 4 °F
Gusts: 22 mph WNW
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Republican Daniels wins 2nd term as Ind. governor
  

  Republican Mitch Daniels defeated former Democratic congresswoman Jill Long Thompson on Tuesday to win a second term as governor, but early Wednesday morning it remained unclear which party would control the ...

• Brookston braces for 200,000
  

  George Wallace, who was once a staunch segregationist, has died. Wallace ran for president twice and was permanently crippled by a would-be assassin's bullet.

• : Firefighters work for burn victims
  

  A lone black fireman's boot solicits donations on a table in the lobby of the Richland Township Volunteer Fire Department.

• North central Indiana hit hard by storms
  

  The northern part of central Indiana took the first hit from Friday night's storms, making for a wild ride for some of its residents.

• Local firefighters hit the road for burn victims
  

  Dressed for the road rather than for a fire, Cedar Lake firefighter Tom Sobkowicz left his shift only hours before but was ready to ride for a cause at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday.

• Gas passes $4 mark in Reynolds
  

  "In economics, we always like to say the solution to high prices is high prices, because as soon as the cost of gasoline gets high enough, alternative sources will be found. The market will correct itself"

  Regular unleaded gasoline is closer than ever to crossing the $4 mark in Central Indiana as world spot prices for a barrel of oil hit $127 Tuesday on fears that Iran could cut oil production. via Indianapolis Star

City Description

Brookston is a town in Prairie Township, White County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,717 at the 2000 census. Brookston is located at 40°36′4″N 86°51′57″W / 40.60111, -86.86583 (40.601167, -86.865803). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.5 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,717 people, 691 households, and 503 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,895.8 people per square mile (1,123.6/km²). There were 723 housing units at an average density of 1,219.4/sq mi (473.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.89% White, 0.06% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.17% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.46% of the population. There were 691 households out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was

City Contained By:

• White County
• Indiana
• Prairie Township

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 1.5539928662 km squared

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