Central is a defined community in

Minneapolis Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...

that consists of six smaller official neighborhoods around the downtown and central business core. It also includes the many old flour mills, the Mill District, and other historical and industrial areas of downtown Minneapolis. It also includes some high-density residential areas surrounding it, excluding areas east of the

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. Businesses and government buildings are based in the Central area include the corporate headquarters of the ''

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'',

Target Target may refer to: Warfare and shooting * Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports ** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports ** Aiming point, in field artille ...

, US Bancorp, the

Hennepin County Government Center Hennepin County Government Center is the courthouse and primary county government administration building for Hennepin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located in Central, Minneapolis, downtown Minneapolis, the county seat of Hennep ...

Minneapolis Central Library The Minneapolis Central Library is a public library located in Central, Minneapolis, downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the largest library in the Hennepin County Library system. It bills itself as having "the third largest per capita public ...

, Minneapolis City Hall, and the broadcast facilities of the Minnesota

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station

WCCO-TV WCCO-TV (channel 4), branded CBS Minnesota, is a television station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, serving the Twin Cities area. It is owned and operated by the CBS television network through its CBS News and Stations divisi ...

. There is no City Council ward representing the majority of Central Minneapolis. It is split between Wards 3, 5, 6, and 7, represented by Council Members Rainville,

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, Osman, and Cashman respectively.

Central neighborhoods

* Downtown East * Downtown West * Elliot Park *

Loring Park Loring Park is a park in the Loring Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. History Loring Park was established in 1883 after the passage of the Park Act, which first created the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The park was firs ...

* North Loop, commonly referred to as the Warehouse District * Stevens Square/Loring Heights

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File:A view of downtown Minneapolis from the Stone Arch Bridge.jpg, View of downtown Minneapolis from the

Stone Arch Bridge An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side, and partiall ...

. File:Minneapolis skyline-20070805.jpg, Downtown Minneapolis panorama File:Downtown Minneapolis-20060526.jpg, White U.S. Bancorp towers reflected in the

Capella Tower Capella Tower (also 225 South Sixth) is an office skyscraper in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The building opened in 1992 as First Bank Place, replacing One Financial Plaza as the headquarters for First Bank System. In 1997, First Bank ...

. File:Lake Calhoun-Minneapolis-2006-07-22-crop2.jpg, Downtown Minneapolis from

Bde Maka Ska Bde Maka Ska ( , previously named Lake Calhoun) is the largest lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and part of the city's Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway#Paths_around_lakes, Chain of Lakes. Surrounded by city park land and circled b ...

. File:MPLSSkyline.jpg, Minneapolis Skyline from

Target Field Target Field is a baseball stadium in the North Loop, Minneapolis, historic warehouse district of downtown Minneapolis. Since its opening in 2010, the stadium has been the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Minnesota Twins. It is named for Tar ...

. File:225 South Sixth.jpg,

File:Wells Fargo Center from Foshay.jpg, Wells Fargo Center from the Foshay Tower File:IDS Center-Minneapolis-2005-09-27.jpg, IDS Center, the tallest building in

and

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File:051907-016-FoshayTower.jpg, The Foshay Tower File:33 South Sixth Minneapolis 1.jpg, 33 South Sixth, also known as the City Center. File:Target Plaza South.jpg,

Target Plaza South Target Plaza South is a 33-story skyscraper in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota completed in 2001. The building serves as the corporate headquarters for Target Corporation. It is located a few blocks away from the original ...

, the headquarters of

Target Corporation Target Corporation is an American retail corporation that operates a chain of discount department stores and hypermarkets, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh-largest retailer in the United States, and a component of th ...

, lit up multicolored during the winter. File:The Carlyle Minneapolis 1.jpg, The Carlyle File:Campbell Mithun Tower 1.jpg, Campbell Mithun Tower File:Ameriprise Financial Center Minneapolis 1.jpg, The Ameriprise Financial Center. File:Hennepin County Government Center 2018.jpg, The

, the site of the Occupy Minnesota protests. File:Qwest Building Minneapolis.jpg, The CenturyLink Building, the 17th tallest building in

. File:US Bank Plaza 1 Minneapolis 1.jpg, US Bank Plaza, the 6th tallest building in Minneapolis. File:Dain Rauscher Plaza Minneapolis 1.jpg, RBC Plaza File:US Bancorp Center Minneapolis 1.jpg, US Bancorp Center File:Fifth Street Towers Minneapolis 1.jpg, Fifth Street Towers File:AT&T Tower Minneapolis 1.jpg, AT&T Tower

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{{Minneapolis neighborhoods Neighborhoods in Minneapolis Central business districts in the United States

Central neighborhoods

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