Near North (neighborhood), Minneapolis

Coordinates: 44°59′40″N 93°17′54″W / 44.9945°N 93.2983°W^[8]

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North Minneapolis
Neighborhood
Location of Near North within the U.S. city of Minneapolis
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Hennepin
City	Minneapolis
Community	Near North
City Council Wards	5
Government
• Council Member	Jeremiah Ellison
Area ^[1]
• Total	1.136 sq mi (2.94 km²)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	6,667
• Density	5,900/sq mi (2,300/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55411
Area code	612

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1980	5,911	—
1990	6,175	4.5%
2000	6,921	12.1%
2010	5,968	−13.8%
2020	6,667	11.7%

Near North is one of six neighborhoods in the Near North community of Minneapolis. It is located in Ward 5, represented by city council member Jeremiah Ellison.^[3]

Geography and demographics

The neighborhood is located directly north of the more industrial and historic neighborhoods of Minneapolis, the North Loop. It is one of Minneapolis’s historically Black neighborhoods.^[4]

It is bordered by the Hawthorne and Jordan neighborhoods to the north, St. Anthony West to the east, North Loop, Sumner-Glenwood, and Harrison to the south, and Willard-Hay to the west. Official boundaries are the Mississippi River and Emerson Avenue on the east, West Broadway Avenue on the north, a combination of streets from Irving Avenue to Penn Avenue on the west, and Olson Memorial Highway and 11th Avenue North on the south.^[5]

Portions of Near North east of Dupont Avenue form the unofficial neighborhood of Lyn Park,^[6] home of Minnesota Senate president Bobby Joe Champion.^[7]

Historic structures

The neighborhood contains three buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

References

^ "Near North neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN), 55411 detailed profile". City-Data. 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
^ "Near North neighborhood data". Minnesota Compass. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^ "Find My Ward". City of Minneapolis. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ "How Near North came to be one of Minneapolis' largest black communities". MinnPost. 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
^ "Neighborhoods". opendata.minneapolismn.gov. June 7, 2019. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
^ Pierini, David (August 5, 2022). "Lyn Park neighborhood fights to reroute light rail". North News. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ "Senator Bobby Joe Champion". Minnesota Senate DFL. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^ Near North, Minneapolis, MN. Google Earth. Retrieved 2011-03-09.

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Camden	Camden Industrial Area Cleveland Folwell Lind-Bohanon McKinley Shingle Creek Victory Webber-Camden
Central	Downtown East Downtown West Elliot Park Loring Park North Loop Stevens Square
Longfellow	Cooper Hiawatha Howe Longfellow Seward
Near North	Harrison Hawthorne Jordan Near North Sumner-Glenwood Willard-Hay
Nokomis	Diamond Lake Ericsson Field Hale Nokomis East Keewaydin Minnehaha Morris Park Wenonah Northrop Page Regina
Northeast	Audubon Park Beltrami Bottineau Columbia Park Holland Logan Park Marshall Terrace Northeast Park Sheridan St. Anthony East St. Anthony West Waite Park Windom Park
Phillips	East Phillips Midtown Phillips Phillips West Ventura Village
Powderhorn	Bancroft Bryant Central Corcoran Lyndale Powderhorn Park Standish Whittier
Southwest	Armatage East Harriet Fulton Kenny King Field Linden Hills Lynnhurst Tangletown Windom
University	Cedar-Riverside Como Marcy-Holmes Mid-City Industrial Nicollet Island/East Bank Prospect Park University
Cultural districts	38th Street Cedar Avenue Central Avenue Franklin Avenue East East Lake Street Lowry Avenue North West Broadway
Other notable areas	50th & France Dinkytown Eat Street George Floyd Square Lyn-Lake Little Earth Midtown Mill District Stadium Village Uptown
For a more comprehensive list, List of neighborhoods in Minneapolis.

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Geography and demographics

Historic structures

See also

References

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