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Brooklyn Township

Brooklyn Brighton Bridge post card from collection of Laura Hine (left) and View from Kentucky Street Reservoir from Cleveland Memory Collection at CSU (right).

Brooklyn Township, when originally surveyed, was known as Township 7 in Range 13 of the Connecticut New Western Reserve stretched to Lake Erie. The governmental body was formed in 1818. What was the township contains part of Cleveland, Brooklyn Heights, Cuyahoga Heights, Linndale, and Newburgh Heights and the last part became the city of Brooklyn. (Information from Wikipedia)

Excerpt from Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve by Women's Committee of Western Reserve Historical Society, 1896, transcribed by Betty Ralph.
Excerpt from History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio: in three parts: with portraits and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, by Crisfield Johnson; D.W. Ensign & Co., 1879, transcribed by Laura Hine.
Images of History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Chrisfield Johnson, comp. 1879 (off site at Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS.)
"History of Brooklyn Township, OH" from A History of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland by William R. Coates (off-site at Ray's Place)
Old Brooklyn Facebook page (off-site)

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This page was created 11 December 2013 last updated on 14 Feb 2014.