The Cooper neighborhood (part of the larger Longfellow community) resides along the west shore of the

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in south

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. It is bound by 34th St. E. on the south, 38th Ave. S. on the west, 27th St. E. on the north, and the river gorge to the east. Bordering

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are Seward to the north,

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to the west, and

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to the south. St. Paul's Merriam Park neighborhood is just across the Mississippi River to the east. Cooper was named after the 19th-century author James Fenimore Cooper, best known for writing ''

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'' (1832).

Geography

The Mississippi River Gorge is unique to this stretch of the entire Mississippi. The river cut an eighty-plus foot gorge as what is now St. Anthony Falls moved upstream over thousands of years, finally stopping at downtown

due to engineering work during the city's flour milling boom times. Today, the Mississippi River Gorge is a protected natural landscape.

Schools

2005 marked the closing of Cooper Elementary School, forcing Cooper's children to move to the neighboring Longfellow Elementary, which itself closed in 2010. The current elementary school for Cooperites is the Hiawatha-Howe dual campus. Minneapolis Public Schools has committed to renovating and re-opening Cooper's school for the 2017-18 school year. Sanford Middle School (formerly Jr. High) is the closest middle school, and is located in the Howe neighborhood to the south. South High School is the closest senior high school, and is located in the

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neighborhood further to the west. Minnehaha Academy's high school (private) is located along West River Road. The middle school is further south on West River Road in the Howe neighborhood.

Political representation

Cooper is represented by the following people: * City Council (2nd Ward):

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Notable residents

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- former

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; grew up in the house on the southwest corner of 32nd St. E. and 46th Ave. S.

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