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Ezra Hanscom, was one of the first actual settlers of Brooklyn Park, MN. The Hanscom home, situated near Shingle Creek where it now crosses Noble Avenue, was the site of the first town meeting, on May 11, 1858, when Brooklyn Township elected their first officers. Brooklyn Township was initially an area larger than the Brooklyn Park/Brooklyn Center of today. In 1860, two tiers of sections were cut off in the south, making the towns of Brooklyn Center and Crystal Lake. What was left was known as Brooklyn Township.