West Maka Ska, formerly known as West Calhoun, is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of

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. The neighborhood was general rural with a couple grain silos along the railroad track heading into

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until about the 1910s. Although the railroad still runs through the neighborhood, the neighborhood is now mainly homes, apartment buildings, and

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. It is the southwestern-most neighborhood of the Calhoun Isles community in the western part of the city. The neighborhood is bordered on the east by East Bde Maka Ska, the north by Cedar-Isles-Dean, the south by Linden Hills and the west by the city of St. Louis Park. Its boundaries are Lake Street to the north,

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to the east, 36th Street to the south, and France Avenue to the west.

History

In 2020, the neighborhood voted to change their name to West Maka Ska after the name change of

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Minneapolis Ward 13 Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods in Minneapolis {{HennepinCountyMN-geo-stub