"The Brooklyn's" is great history!
Years of effort by area volunteers produced tremendous benefit with the publishing of "The Brooklyn's", the history of Brooklyn Township and the home cities of both Brooklyn Center & Brooklyn Park! 

Published in 2001, these nearly 600 page volumes are available in a few local bookstores and directly from BHS. Just use the link below to go to our order form.

Brooklyn Park & Brooklyn Center are two major cities that comprise most of the area of what was Brooklyn Township in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
Hardbound with dustjacket, still in the original shrink-wrap.  Measures about 8 1/2" x 11" x 1 1/2" thick. Membership / Book Orders
Plus MORE BOOKS available here!
Minnesota achieved territory status in 1849 and statehood in 1858.  Hennepin County was formed with a number of townships, one of which was called Brooklyn Township.  People settled the area with a primary goal of farming which dominated the area into the early 1900's.  Brooklyn Center was closer to downtown Minneapolis so was developed earlier than Brooklyn Park that is still seeing major land development taking place. 

From Natural History to Historical Beginnings, the Town Hall & Government, the story of the Earle Brown Farm and the owners links to the State Police.  Education, Social Issues, Churches, Organizations, Sports, Historic Buildings & Farms to Cemeteries and Business enterprises... you'll find it all within the pages of "The Brooklyn's"!
Based on a 1914 era map, families in Brooklyn Township areas included: Rathbun, Weaver, Jackson, Abar, Allan, Anderson, Beine, Bennett, Berg, Blanchette, Bohanon, Brown, Bucholz, Butler, Champlin, Clasir, Clough, Copeland, Crookes, Curtis, Davis, Dexter, Dibb, Dolley, Doten, Doyle, Dunning, Eidem, Engels, England, Engvall, Fair, Fawcett, Ferguson, Finch, Fischer, Fiske, Garrett, Goetze, Goodrich, Gray, Gren, Grow, Ham, Hame, Hamilton, Hamm, Hanscom, Harrison, Hartkopf, Heesen, Higgins, Hill, Holmes, Hopp, Hoysler, Jenkens, Jensen, Jerke, Jeutsch, Johnson, Johnston, Jordan, Joslin, Katz, Keniston, Killmer, Kimbell, Knobel, Koller, Kraft, Lang, Larson, Lawrence, Leathers, Lindquist, Lock, Lofstrand, Losie, Lowrence, McCausland, McHugh, Madison, Magnuson, Martin, Mattson, Mayer, Meinke, Merrell, Merrill, Michaelis, Miller, Mosses, Mueller, Muller, Munkler, Munn, Munson, Neddersen, Norris, Parker, Paulson, Pengilby, Perkins, Peterson, Petrie, Pietscher, Potvin, Purdham, Quill, Rangier, Reckard, Regin, Rochat, Schmidt, Schockeveiler, Schrader, Schreiber, Scott, Setzler, Sherf, Shopp, Small, Smith, Sorenson, Springer, Stansfield, Swanson, Tessman, Thompson, Thoren, Walker, Ward, Warner, Weaber, Weaver...

and in a nearby post office addresses;  Benell, Bird, Bloomquist, Chapman, Coulter, Curry, Dorn, Hodgin, Howe, Jacobsen, Johnson, Kallgren, Krueger, Lane, Lawrence, Lindberg, Loch, Luger, Madigan, Magnusson, Martin, Michelson, Peeve, Peterson, Potter, Serum, Sinclair, Sjogren, Smith, Sorenson, Wales, Ward, Wentworth, Wimperis, Woodman... and more.
Celebrate your heritage and remember that "Fresh Potatoes make the Meal", especially when they're grown in
Brooklyn Township!
Also available are copies of the history of the Earle Brown Farm in Brooklyn Center!  See our Membership / Books page!
Visit the Eidem Historical Farm in Brooklyn Park, operated by the city Recreation & Parks Department, a farm of the late 1800's, early 1900's!
BHS has a large facility with vintage maps, photographs, oral histories, early city records, artifacts and more in our archives.  We would welcome your inquiry! 

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Brooklyn Historical Society circa November 2007