Do you know of Brooklyn ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brooklyn. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Brooklyn.
We found mention of Brooklyn as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1869 and closed in 1877.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Brooklyn ...
We found 60 communities that share the name Brooklyn.
There is one other community in Minnesota which is also named Brooklyn.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 59 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 59 communities, 56 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Brooklyn [Saint Louis County].
- Saint Louis County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coffee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Brooklyn [Coffee County].
- Conecuh County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Brooklyn [Conecuh County].
- Cullman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Brooklyn [Cullman County].
- California
- Alameda County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Brooklyn [Alameda County].
- Connecticut
- Windham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Brooklyn [Windham County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Decatur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brooklyn [Decatur County].
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brooklyn [Fulton County].
- Stewart County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brooklyn [Stewart County].
- Illinois
- Massac County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brooklyn [Massac County].
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brooklyn [Saint Clair County].
- Saline County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brooklyn [Saline County].
- Schuyler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Brooklyn [Schuyler County].
- Indiana
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Brooklyn [Morgan County].
- Iowa
- Poweshiek County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Brooklyn [Poweshiek County].
- Kansas
- Barton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Brooklyn [Barton County].
- Doniphan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Brooklyn [Doniphan County].
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Brooklyn [Douglas County].
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Brooklyn [Lincoln County].
- Linn County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Brooklyn [Linn County].
- Kentucky
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brooklyn [Butler County].
- Louisiana
- Jackson Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Brooklyn [Jackson Parish].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Brooklyn [Anne Arundel County].
- Baltimore City
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Brooklyn [Baltimore City].
- Michigan
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brooklyn [Jackson County].
- Mississippi
- Forrest County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Brooklyn [Forrest County].
- Humphreys County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Brooklyn [Humphreys County].
- Noxubee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Brooklyn [Noxubee County].
- Missouri
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Brooklyn [Harrison County].
- Nevada
- Washoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Brooklyn [Washoe County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Brooklyn.
- New Jersey
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brooklyn [Cattaraugus County].
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brooklyn [Delaware County].
- Kings County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brooklyn [Kings County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Brooklyn.
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brooklyn [Mecklenburg County].
- Nash County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brooklyn [Nash County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Brooklyn.
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brooklyn [Cuyahoga County].
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Brooklyn [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brooklyn [Berks County].
- Chester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brooklyn [Chester County].
- Susquehanna County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brooklyn [Susquehanna County].
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brooklyn [Tioga County].
- Prince Edward Island
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brooklyn [Chester County].
- Lancaster County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brooklyn [Lancaster County].
- Spartanburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Brooklyn [Spartanburg County].
- Texas
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Brooklyn [Shelby County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Brooklyn [Salt Lake County].
- Sevier County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Brooklyn [Sevier County].
- Virginia
- Washington
- Pacific County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Brooklyn [Pacific County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Brooklyn [Dane County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brooklyn ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brooklyn:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Hennepin County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Hennepin County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Brooklyn could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |