Wenonah is a neighborhood on the southeast side of
Minneapolis
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,
Minnesota
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. Its boundaries are 54th Street to the north, 34th Avenue to the east, the
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport to the south, and
Cedar Avenue to the west. The neighborhood contains a portion of
Lake Nokomis.
Geography
Wenonah is located in the southeast portion of Minneapolis, as part of a greater community of 11 neighborhoods called
Nokomis.
The neighborhood is about twice as long laterally as it is longitudinally, or about .
Its boundaries are defined by 54th Street East to the north, 34th Avenue South to the east, the
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport to the south, and
Cedar Avenue to the west.
For the most part, the neighborhood lies to the north of
Minnesota State Highway 62 with the exception of a vestigial 33-property area surrounded on three sides by the Airport and only connected to the greater neighborhood by 28th Avenue South,
which runs below Highway 62.
The neighborhood also encompasses a portion of
Lake Nokomis to the northwest.
Wenonah borders three other neighborhoods directly, including
Diamond Lake to the west,
Keewaydin to the north, and
Morris Park to the east, and touches corners with
Minnehaha to the northeast.
Keewaydin, Morris Park, Minnehaha, and Wenonah together comprise the community of
Nokomis East, served by the Nokomis East Neighborhood Association (NENA).
The neighborhood is generally very flat, with elevations between above sea level recorded by the
United States Geological Survey
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in the neighborhood boundaries.
Lake Nokomis dips to below surface level in Wenonah's portion of the lake.
Politics
Wenonah is located in
Ward 11,
currently represented by
city council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough counc ...
member
Emily Koski.
References
External links
Minneapolis Neighborhood Profile - WenonahNokomis East Neighborhood Association
{{Minneapolis neighborhoods
Neighborhoods in Minneapolis