BROOKLYN, MISSISSIPPI

'Brooklyn' is a small town located in southern Forrest County, Mississippi (USA). It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 929 at the 2000 census.

Contents

History

Geography

Demographics

Transportation

Education

Recreation

External links

Reference

History

Brooklyn was settled in association with the construction of an early railroad in the area, the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. The town was originally called Bullis after one of the construction engineers. It was later renamed Brooklyn after one of the pioneer families.
Two of the early settlers, John and Sam Perkins, ran the Perkins Merchandise store and Perkins Ferry on Black Creek. At that time, Black Creek was used to raft logs cut from the pine forests surrounding Brooklyn down to the trade center of Pascagoula.

Geography

Brooklyn is located at latitude 31.0562946, longitude -89.1861676.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 929 people, 347 households, and 263 families residing in the city. There are 430 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 83.7% White, 15.0% African American, 0.8% Native American, 0.10% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population.
There were 1,331 households out of which 41.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.4% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals living alone and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.08.
The median income for a household in the city was $26,607, and the median income for a family was $31,970. The per capita income for the city was $13,314. 12.4% of the population and 9.2% of families were below the poverty line.

Transportation

Brooklyn is served by U.S. Highway 49.

Education

The City of Brooklyn is served by the Forrest County School District.

Recreation

★ Black Creek, Mississippi's only National Wild and Scenic River, a popular destination for canoeing, fishing, and camping.

★ De Soto National Forest, a national forest surrounding Brooklyn.

External links

★ A History of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad

★ Black Creek

Reference

★ Brieger, James. ''Hometown, Mississippi.'' (1997). ISBN 1-886017-27-1