The first go-to online helper when researching Brooklyn Township is familysearch.org's wiki for Hennepin County. "Research Wiki" is on the drop down menu under "search". Enter Hennepin County in the wiki search box and voila. No need to scroll through all the resources; if you know what you want, refer to the table of contents on the top left for direct links. Here is the link:
The table of contents list is consistently the same for all of the research wikis at familysearch.org. Some topics are empty. For Brooklyn Township the sections on biographies, business, cemeteries, census records, land records, local histories, maps & gazetteers, military records, periodicals, tax records, and vital records are all helpful. The local history section is not comprehensive but can be supplemented by shopping at links under Museums and Societies.
The link to Brooklyn Historical Society has 6 books posted on their bookstore webpage. Unfortunately, BHS does not offer a way to acquire the books, and does not have scheduled open hours at their facility. The six books are: Patriots of Brooklyn, The Story of Pierre Bottineau, The Brooklyns, Growing up on the Brooklyn Farm, Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center, and A History of Earle Brown Farm. I have those books in my personal library if one has questions, leave a comment.
My favorite book online for Brooklyn Township [listed under local history] is Warner, George E; Foote, C.M.; Neill, Edward D.; Williams, John Fletcher; History of Hennepin County and the city of Minneapolis: including the explorers and pioneers ... (Minneapolis: North Star Publishing Company, 1881). A description of Brooklyn Township, followed by short biographies of residents in 1880, begins on page 285. A directory of the landowners begins on page 670, and includes the farmers' acreage and the township section they live in. Here are the links:
Hennepin County History - Brooklyn Township
Brooklyn Township Directory 1880
There is so much to explore on the familysearch.org research wiki for Hennepin County that is useful for Brooklyn Township. Be sure to put it in your research toolbox.
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge of Brooklyn Township, Hennepin, Minnesota.