Editing Brusly, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                       = Brusly, Louisiana
| official_name              = Town of Brusly
| settlement_type            = Town
| image_skyline              = Brusly Oak.jpg
| imagesize                  = 
| image_caption              = The Famous Brusly Oak
| image_flag                 = Flag of Brusly, Louisiana.png
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| blank_emblem_type          = Logo
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| map_caption                = Location of Brusly in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
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| map_caption1               = Location of Louisiana in the United States
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| subdivision_type           = Country
| subdivision_name           = United States
| subdivision_type1          = State
| subdivision_name1          = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2          = Parish
| subdivision_name2          = [[West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana|West Baton Rouge]]
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| established_title          = Established
| established_date           = 1901
| founder                    = 
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| leader_title               = Mayor
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| unit_pref                  = Imperial
| area_footnotes             = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2             = 5.73
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| area_land_sq_mi            = 2.21
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| area_water_sq_mi           = 0.00
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| population_as_of           = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes       = 
| population_total           = 2578
| population_density_km2     = 449.74
| population_density_sq_mi   = 1164.93
| population_demonym         = 
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| timezone                   = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset                 = -6
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| utc_offset_DST             = -5
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| elevation_ft               = 23
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| postal_code_type           = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code                = 70719<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/70719|title=Brusly LA ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2023|access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref>
| area_code_type             = 
| area_code                  = [[Area code 225|225]]
| blank_name                 = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info                 = 22-10600
| blank1_name                = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info                = 2405338<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2405338}}</ref>
| website                    = {{URL|https://www.bruslyla.com/}}
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}}

'''Brusly''' is a [[town]] in [[West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana|West Baton Rouge Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 2,589 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It is part of the [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]] [[Baton Rouge metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

== History ==
The town was established in 1901. Its Brusly High School bears the nickname, the Panthers. Its colors are red, white and black. Newly elected [[Louisiana House of Representatives|State Representative]] [[Edmond Jordan]] graduated from Brusly High School in 1989.

The [[Cinclare Sugar Mill Historic District]] is located just north of town on [[Louisiana Highway 1]].

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|2.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 216
|1890= 315
|1910= 390
|1920= 400
|1930= 345
|1940= 433
|1950= 493
|1960= 544
|1970= 1282
|1980= 1762
|1990= 1824
|2000= 2020
|2010= 2589
|2020= 2578
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Brusly racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2210600&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 28, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,788
| 69.36%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 601
| 23.31%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 18
| 0.7%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 54
| 2.09%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 117
| 4.54%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,578 people, 1,033 households, and 764 families residing in the town, reflecting an increase since the 2000 census.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,020 people, 749 households, and 587 families residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|924.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 783 housing units at an average density of {{convert|358.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 72.77% [[Caucasian (U.S. Census)|Caucasian]], 25.74% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.15% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.15% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.15% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.79% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.89% of the population.

There were 749 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.5% were non-families. 19.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.4 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 88.2 men.

The median income for a household in the town was $47,619, and the median income for a family was $55,100. Males had a median income of $37,330 versus $25,719 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $18,060. About 5.9% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==
The town maintains a police department.<ref>{{cite web |title=Police Department |url=https://www.bruslyla.com/government/brusly-police-department/ |publisher=Town of Brusly |accessdate=December 17, 2018}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Charles P. Adams (college president)|Charles P. Adams]] - founding president of Grambling State University was born in Brusly.
*[[Amie Comeaux]] - country music artist
*[[Randall Gay]] - [[National Football League]] cornerback
*[[Edmond Jordan]] - lawyer and state representative since May 2016
*[[William S. Patout III|William S. Patout, III]], [[Iberia Parish]] sugar grower; resided in Brusly in the early 1960s.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080915010911/http://www.bruslyla.com/brusly/ Town of Brusly] - Official site.

{{West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River]]
[[Category:Towns in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Baton Rouge metropolitan area]]