thumb|1857 Map showing Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a former city in Alameda County, California, annexed to Oakland, California in 1872.

History

Brooklyn was first formed in 1856 by the amalgamation of two settlements, the sites of which are both now within the city limits of Oakland: San Antonio and Clinton. The Brooklyn Colored School was opened in 1867 by Mary J. Sanderson, daughter of abolitionist Jeremiah Burke Sanderson, it was the first Black school in the area; by 1872 the school was annexed to Oakland.

In historical maps, Brooklyn is shown as a fairly large area, lying adjacent and to the south of Lake Merritt and the Piedmont tract, and adjacent and to the north of Alameda, the San Leandro Creek, and the town of San Leandro. Today this is East Oakland.

Demographics

Brooklyn first appeared as a city in the 1870 United States census.<br>1860–1870 1880-1890<br> 1900 1910 1920<br> 1930 1940 1950<br> 1960 1970 1980<br> 1990

2000 2010

References

  • Brooklyn - Oakland Wiki