Cooper, Minneapolis

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Cooper
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Location of Cooper within the U.S. city of Minneapolis
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Hennepin
City Minneapolis
Community Longfellow
City Council Ward12
Government
  Council Member Aurin Chowdhury
Area
[1]
  Total
0.67 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total
3,560
  Density5,300/sq mi (2,100/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55406
Area code 612
Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1980 3,938
1990 3,708−5.8%
2000 3,448−7.0%
2010 3,5031.6%
2020 3,5601.6%

The Cooper neighborhood (part of the larger Longfellow community) resides along the west shore of the Mississippi River in south Minneapolis. It is bound by 34th St. E. on the south, 38th Ave. S. on the west, 27th St. E. on the north, and the river gorge to the east. Bordering neighborhoods are Seward to the north, Longfellow to the west, and Howe to the south. St. Paul's Merriam Park neighborhood is just across the Mississippi River to the east.

Contents

Cooper was named after the 19th-century author James Fenimore Cooper, best known for writing The Last of the Mohicans (1832).

Geography

The Mississippi River Gorge is unique to this stretch of the entire Mississippi. The river cut an eighty-plus foot gorge as what is now St. Anthony Falls moved upstream over thousands of years, finally stopping at downtown Minneapolis due to engineering work during the city's flour milling boom times. Today, the Mississippi River Gorge is a protected natural landscape.

Schools

2005 marked the closing of Cooper Elementary School, forcing Cooper's children to move to the neighboring Longfellow Elementary, [3] which itself closed in 2010. [4] Today, elementary students in Cooper are split between Dowling Elementary School [5] and Hiawatha Elementary School. [6]

Sanford Middle School (formerly Jr. High) is the closest middle school, located in the Howe neighborhood to the south.

South High School is the closest senior high school, located in the Corcoran neighborhood further to the west.

Minnehaha Academy's (private) high school is located in Cooper along West River Road. Their middle school is further south on West River Road in the Howe neighborhood.

Political representation

Cooper is part of City Council Ward 12 [7] and Minnesota Legislative District 63A. [8]

Notable residents

See also

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