Minneapolis/St. Paul Neighborhoods

In only a few generations past, neighborhoods were the cornerstone of the residents' daily lives. The neighborhoods were walkable, enabling people to perform daily activities (e.g. grocery shopping, going to the park, taking children to school) without the use of a car. Today's version of a neighborhood as a suburban subdivision often just has houses. As neighborhoods have changed and even people's daily activities, social interaction that happens in a walkable neighborhood lessens. One way to change this is merely to get involved in your neighborhood community. Whether you live in the city or suburb, the best way to find out the goings on, is to contact your local community center. Below in this list are definitions of communities and neighborhoods as well as contact information for organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul. If you live outside of these areas, a simple Google search of your city will direct you to a home page. And better yet, get out and talk to your neighbors.

Neighborhoods

The term "neighborhood" is used to describe the basic sub-division of the community. Typically, a neighborhood covers an area which can logically be served by one elementary school. The term "neighborhood" is meant to apply to predominantly residential areas, though servicing institutions, schools and businesses serving day to day needs are included within neighborhood boundaries. The term may also be applied to such intensive, special use areas as industrial, commercial, and institutional districts."

Excerpted from "Minneapolis Communities: Their Definition and Purpose". City of Minneapolis Planning Commission. Publication No. 107, Neighborhood Series No. 4. May 1959.

reenet.msp.mn.us/nhoods/mpls/commnbhd.html

Minneapolis

A population of 382,618; contains 11 communities, 80 neighborhoods and 3 industrial areas.

This web page has every Minneapolis neighborhoods' contact information, census profiles, maps, and reports:

nrp.org/R2/Neighborhoods/Orgs/Organizations.html

Minneapolis Neighborhoods

Armatage

Audubon Park

Bancroft

Beltrami

Bottineau

Bryant

Bryn Mawr

CARAG

Cedar-Riverside

Cedar-Isles-Dean

Central

Cleveland

Columbia Park

Corcoran

Diamond

Downtown

Downtown West

East Harriet

East Isles

East Calhoun

East Phillips

Elliot Park

Field

Northrop

Folwell

Fuller Tangletown

Fulton

Hale

Harrison

Hawthorne

Holland

Jordan

Kenny

Kenwood

Kingfield

Lind-Bohanon

Linden Hills

Logan Park

Longfellow

Loring Park

Lowry Hill

Lowry Hill East

Lyndale

Lynnhurst

Marcy-Holmes

Marshall Terrace

McKinley

Midtown Phillips

Nicollet Island/East Bank

Nokomis East

North Loop

Northeast Park

Near North

Page

Phillips West

Powderhorn Park

Prospect Park

Regina

St. Anthony West

St. Anthony East

Seward

Sheridan

Shingle Creek

Southeast Como

Standish Ericsson

Stevens Square

Sumner-Glenwood

Ventura Village

Victory

Waite Park

Webber-Camden

West Calhoun

Whittier

Willard-Hay

Windom

Windom Park

St. Paul

St. Paul is divided into 17 Citizen Participation Planning Districts.

This web page has every St. Paul neighborhoods' contact information, census profiles, maps, and reports:

www.stpaul.gov/index.aspx?nid=1180

St. Paul Districts

• District 1, District 1 Community Council

• District 2, District 2 Community Council

• District 3, West Side Citizens Organization

• District 4, Dayton's Bluff District 4 Community Council

• District 5, Payne-Phalen District Five Planning Council

• District 6, District 6 Planning Council

• District 7, District 7 Planning Council

• District 8, Summit-University Planning Council

• District 9, West 7th/Fort Road Federation

• District 10, District 10 Como Community Council

• District 11, Hamline Midway Coalition

• District 12, St. Anthony Park Community Council

• District 13, Union Park District Council 

• District 14, Macalester-Groveland Community Council

• District 15, Highland District Council

• District 16, Summit Hill Association

• District 17, Capitol River Council