Near North is one of six neighborhoods in the
Near North community of
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 ...
. It is located in Ward 5, represented by
city council
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member
Jeremiah Ellison
Jeremiah Bey Ellison (born October 23, 1989) is an American politician and artist serving as a member of the Minneapolis City Council, representing Ward 5. Ellison is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party. Attorney General ...
.
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.
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.
Portions of Near North east of Dupont Avenue form the unofficial neighborhood of Lyn Park, home of
Minnesota Senate president Bobby Joe Champion.
Historic structures
The neighborhood contains three buildings listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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:
*
Minneapolis Public Library, North Branch
*
Sumner Community Library
*
John Lohmar House
See also
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Neighborhoods of Minneapolis
Minneapolis is officially defined by its city council as divided into 83 neighborhoods. The neighborhoods are historically grouped into 11 communities. Informally, there are city areas with colloquial labels. Residents may also group themselves ...
References
External links
Minneapolis Neighborhood Profile - Near NorthInsideNorthside, North Minneapolis Encyclopedia
{{Geographic Location
, Center = Near North
, North = Hawthorne
Hawthorne often refers to the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Hawthorne may also refer to:
Places
Australia
*Hawthorne, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
Canada
* Hawthorne Village, Ontario, a suburb of Milton, Ontario
United States
* Hawt ...
, Northeast =
, East = St. Anthony West
, Southeast = North Loop
, South = Harrison
Harrison may refer to:
People
* Harrison (name)
* Harrison family of Virginia, United States
Places
Australia
* Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
Canada
* Inukjuak, Quebec, or "Port H ...
, Sumner-Glenwood
, Southwest =
, West = Willard-Hay
, Northwest = Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
Neighborhoods in Minneapolis