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Coordinates: 37°47′18.74″N 122°14′57.89″W / 37.7885389°N 122.2494139°W / 37.7885389; -122.2494139
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For the gold rush town formerly of this name, see Red Dog, California.

37°47′18.74″N 122°14′57.89″W / 37.7885389°N 122.2494139°W / 37.7885389; -122.2494139

Brooklyn is a former city in Alameda County, California, now annexed to Oakland, California.[1]

1857 Map showing Brooklyn

Brooklyn first formed from the amalgamation in 1856 of two settlements, the sites of which are both now within the city limits of Oakland: San Antonio and Clinton.[1] The name Brooklyn commemorated the ship that had brought Mormon settlers to California in 1846.[1] In 1870, Brooklyn absorbed the nearby town of Lynn, which housed a footwear industry, and incorporated as a city.[1]

The San Francisco and Oakland Railroad had built a station at San Antonio.[1] When the Central Pacific Railroad took over the line in 1870, the name was changed to Brooklyn.[1]

In 1872, voters approved their city's annexation by Oakland.[1] Afterward, when the Southern Pacific Railroad took over the rail line in 1883, the Brooklyn station name was changed to East Oakland.[1]

A post office was opened in Brooklyn in 1855; it became a branch of the Oakland post office in 1878.[1][2][3]

Looking at 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

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Brooklyn first appeared as a city in the 1870 U.S. Census.[4]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18701,603—
U.S. Decennial Census[5]
1860–1870[4][6] 1880-1890[7]
1900[8] 1910[9] 1920[10]
1930[11] 1940[12] 1950[13]
1960[14] 1970[15] 1980[16]
1990[17] 2000[18] 2010[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 674. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Oakland Station (historical)
  3. ^ Hartmann, Leonard H. "California Post Offices and Counties". Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Almeda County to Sutter County" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 7, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "Decennial Census by Decade". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "1870 Census of Population - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties - California - Tehama County to Yuba County" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "1890 Census of Population - Population of California by Minor Civil Divisions" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  8. ^ "1900 Census of Population - Population of California by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  9. ^ "1910 Census of Population - Supplement for California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  10. ^ "1920 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  11. ^ "1930 Census of Population - Number and Distribution of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  12. ^ "1940 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 18, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  13. ^ "1950 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 21, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  14. ^ "1960 Census of Population - General population Characteristics - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  15. ^ "1970 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  16. ^ "1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  17. ^ "1990 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  18. ^ "2000 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau.
  19. ^ "2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - California" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
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