Hiawatha, Minneapolis

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|subdivision_name2= Hennepin

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|subdivision_name4= Longfellow

| seat_type = City Council Ward

| seat = 12

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| leader_name = Aurin Chowdhury

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.316

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|area_footnotes = {{cite web | title=Hiawatha neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN), 55406, 55417 detailed profile | url=http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Hiawatha-Minneapolis-MN.html | year=2011 | publisher=City-Data | access-date=2013-11-12}}

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_total = 6,298

|population_density_sq_mi = auto

|population_footnotes={{cite web | title=Hiawatha neighborhood data | url=https://www.mncompass.org/profiles/city/minneapolis/hiawatha | format= | date= | publisher=Minnesota Compass | access-date=2023-02-19}}

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{{US Census population

|1980= 5627

|1990= 5759

|2000= 5304

|2010= 5461

|2020= 6298

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Hiawatha is a neighborhood within the larger Longfellow community in Minneapolis. It is bordered by 40th Street to the north, the Mississippi River to the east, 54th Street East to the south, and Hiawatha Avenue to the west. Its neighbors are Howe to the north, the Mississippi River to the east, Minnehaha Park and the Minnehaha neighborhood to the south, and Ericsson and Standish to the west.

Hiawatha is in City Council Ward 12,{{cite web |title=Find My Ward |url=https://www.minneapolismn.gov/government/city-council/find-my-ward/ |website=City of Minneapolis |access-date=19 April 2024}} represented by Aurin Chowdhury.

{{Coord|44.9200|-93.2106|region:US-MN_type:city(5304)_source:GoogleEarth|display=title|notes=Hiawatha, Minneapolis, MN. Google Earth. Retrieved 2011-03-09.}}

Landmarks and Amenities

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Significant locations in Hiawatha include:

Minnehaha Regional Park, a MPRB property featuring Minnehaha Falls, the restaurant Sea Salt, and the Minnehaha Dog Park,{{cite web |title=Minnehaha Regional Park |url=https://www.minneapolisparks.org/parks-destinations/parks-lakes/minnehaha_regional_park/ |website=Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board |access-date=23 April 2024}} designated as the Minnehaha Historic District{{cite web |title=Minnehaha Historic District |url=https://www2.minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/property-housing/preservation/landmarks/alphabetical/minnehaha-historic-district/ |website=City of Minneapolis |access-date=23 April 2024}}
Hiawatha Elementary School,{{cite web |title=About Hiawatha |url=https://hiawatha.mpschools.org/about/about |website=Hiawatha Elementary School |publisher=Minneapolis Public Schools |access-date=23 April 2024}} a K-2 public school
Minnehaha Academy, a private college preparatory school, has their elementary and middle school campus on 42nd Street and West River Parkway.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.minnehahaacademy.net/about |website=Minnehaha Academy |access-date=23 April 2024}}
John H. Stevens House on 4901 Minnehaha Avenue{{cite web |title=John H. Stevens House |url=https://www.minneapolisparks.org/parks-destinations/historical_sites/john_h_stevens_house/ |website=Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board |access-date=23 April 2024}}
The 46th Street Station and the 50th/Minnehaha Station on the Metro Blue Line{{cite web |title=Blue Line Map |url=https://www.metrotransit.org/imap/901 |website=Metro Transit |access-date=23 April 2024}}
The Hiawatha Avenue Mural, designed by Sara Rotholz Weiner to be painted on a grain elevator at the corner of Hiawatha Avenue and East 41st Street{{cite news|url= http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/arts/2014/02/04/after-22-years-hiawatha-avenue-grain-elevator-mural-often-goes-unnoticed|title=After 22 years, Hiawatha Avenue grain elevator mural often goes unnoticed|newspaper=Twin Cities Daily Planet|date=4 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302130459/https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/arts/2014/02/04/after-22-years-hiawatha-avenue-grain-elevator-mural-often-goes-unnoticed|archive-date=2 March 2014}}Longfellow/Nokomis Messenger. June 1992. http://www.longfellownokomismessenger.com/