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Hennepin Canal Trail
Hennepin may refer to: Places in the United States *Hennepin, Illinois, a village *Hennepin, Oklahoma, a small community *Hennepin Avenue, a street in Minneapolis, Minnesota *Hennepin County, Minnesota *Hennepin Township, Putnam County, Illinois Other uses *Father Louis Hennepin (1626–1706), Belgian/French explorer of North America *''SS Hennepin ''Hennepin'' is a shipwreck off the east coast of Lake Michigan, west of South Haven, Michigan. The ship was originally built in October 1888 and sank on August 18, 1927. Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates found the ship in 2006 and conducte ...'', a shipwreck off the coast of Lake Michigan near South Haven, Michigan, United States * USS ''Hennepin'' (AK-187) (1943–1946), US Navy cargo ship See also * {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hennepin, Illinois
Hennepin is a village located on the Illinois River in Putnam County, Illinois, United States. The population was 757 in 2010, an increase of 50 since the 2000 census. It is the county seat and second largest village in Putnam County. Hennepin is part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The Village of Hennepin was named for the explorer, Father Louis Hennepin, O. F. M. The Putnam County Courthouse, in Hennepin, was built in 1837, and is the oldest county courthouse in Illinois still serving its original purpose. Abraham Lincoln visited the courthouse, including when he campaigned for a Congressional seat in September, 1845. The Putnam County Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 707 people, 304 households, and 206 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 334 housing units at an average density of 64.0 per square mile #24.7/km2#. The racial makeu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hennepin, Oklahoma
Hennepin is an unincorporated community along State Highway 7 in extreme southern Garvin County, Oklahoma, United States, near the point where Carter, Garvin and Murray counties intersect. Hennepin County was named for Father Louis Hennepin Father Louis Hennepin, O.F.M. baptized Antoine, (; 12 May 1626 – 5 December 1704) was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollet order (French: ''Récollets'') and an explorer of the interior of North Amer ..., a member of Lasalle's Louisiana Expedition. Demographics References Further reading *Shirk, George H"First Post Offices Within the Boundaries of Oklahoma" ''Chronicles of Oklahoma'' 26:2 (1948) 179–244. (accessed February 23, 2007) *Shirk, George H. ''Oklahoma Place Names''. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. . Unincorporated communities in Garvin County, Oklahoma Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hennepin Avenue
Hennepin Avenue is a major street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It runs from Lakewood Cemetery (at West 36th Street), north through the Uptown District of Southwest Minneapolis, through the Virginia Triangle, the former "Bottleneck" area west of Loring Park. It then goes through the North Loop in the city center, to Northeast Minneapolis and the city's eastern boundary, where it becomes Larpenteur Avenue as it enters Lauderdale in Ramsey County at Highway 280. Hennepin Avenue is a Minneapolis city street south/west of Washington Avenue, and is designated as Hennepin County Road 52 from Washington Avenue to the county line. Cultural impact For sections south of the Mississippi River, Hennepin Avenue follows stretches of an old Indian trail from Saint Anthony Falls to Bde Maka Ska. It was named after Father Louis Hennepin, a Roman Catholic priest who explored the interior of North America for France while it was under French control. Hennepin Avenue is one of the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hennepin County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Its county seat is Minneapolis, the state's most populous city. The county is named in honor of the 17th-century explorer Father Louis Hennepin. The county extends from Minneapolis to the suburbs and outlying cities in the western part of the county. The county’s natural areas are covered with extensive woods, hills, and lakes. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,281,565. It is the most populous county in Minnesota, and the 34th-most populous county in the United States; more than one in five Minnesotans live in Hennepin County. Hennepin County is included in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The Territorial Legislature of Minnesota established Hennepin County on March 6, 1852, and two years later Minneapolis was named the county seat. Father Louis Hennepin's name was chosen because he originally named Saint Anthony Falls and recorded some of the earliest ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hennepin Township, Putnam County, Illinois
Hennepin Township is located in Putnam County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita .... As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,261 and it contained 573 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 95.63%) is land and (or 4.37%) is water. Demographics References External linksCity-data.com Townships in Putnam County, Illinois [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Hennepin
Father Louis Hennepin, O.F.M. baptized Antoine, (; 12 May 1626 – 5 December 1704) was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollet order (French: ''Récollets'') and an explorer of the interior of North America. Biography Antoine Hennepin was born in Ath in the Spanish Netherlands (present-day Hainaut, Belgium). In 1629, while he was living in the town of Béthune, it was captured by the army of Louis XIV of France. Henri Joulet, who accompanied Hennepin and wrote his own journal of their travels, called Hennepin a Fleming (a native of Flanders), although Ath was and still is a Romance-speaking area found in present-day Wallonia. Hennepin joined the Franciscans, and preached in Halles (Belgium) and in Artois. He was then put in charge of a hospital in Maestricht. He was also briefly an army chaplain. At the request of Louis XIV, the Récollets sent four missionaries to New France in May 1675, including Hennepin, accompanied by René Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Hennepin
''Hennepin'' is a shipwreck off the east coast of Lake Michigan, west of South Haven, Michigan. The ship was originally built in October 1888 and sank on August 18, 1927. Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates found the ship in 2006 and conducted several dives to assess the condition of the wreck. The wreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 2008. She is significant as the first self-unloading bulk carrier. Career The ship was originally built as ''George H. Dyer'' by the firm of Wolf and Davidson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was equipped with a steam engine at the time. The ship changed owners a few times, and in 1898, she was later ''Hennepin'', after Louis Hennepin, an explorer of the Great Lakes. On June 27, 1901, the ship caught fire in Buffalo, New York. The fire damaged most of the upper deck and most of the machinery. The ship was sold to the Lake Shore Stone Company, who fitted her with a conveyor belt and made her a self-unloading shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
