Longfellow | |
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Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
County | Hennepin |
City | Minneapolis |
Community | Longfellow |
City Council Ward | 12 |
Government | |
• Council Member | Aurin Chowdhury |
Area | |
• Total | 0.852 sq mi (2.21 km2) |
Population (2020) [2] | |
• Total | 5,086 |
• Density | 6,000/sq mi (2,300/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 55406 |
Area code | 612 |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1980 | 5,078 | — | |
1990 | 5,023 | −1.1% | |
2000 | 4,972 | −1.0% | |
2010 | 4,895 | −1.5% | |
2020 | 5,086 | 3.9% |
Longfellow is a neighborhood within the larger Longfellow community in Minneapolis, United States. It is bounded by Seward to the North, Cooper to the East, Howe to the South, and Corcoran and East Phillips to the West. It is part of Minneapolis City Council Ward 12, represented by Aurin Chowdhury. [3]
Longfellow was named after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who wrote The Song of Hiawatha.
Longfellow was the centre point of riots during the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul in May 2020. [4] 44°56′26″N93°13′23″W / 44.9405°N 93.2231°W [5]
Longfellow is populated by a diverse, predominantly middle-class (working class) population. More expensive homes are located closer to the river, and almost all of the housing stock is composed of Sears Modern Homes in the Bungalow style.
Notable buildings include:
In 2016, the neighbourhood had a population of 5,176. [2] The neighbourhood is ethnically diverse at 57.6% European American, 18.8% African American, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% of Two or more races, and 2.8% Asian American. [2]
The Seward neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, is a neighborhood in the Longfellow community of Minneapolis located geographically southeast of downtown. It consists of the land bordered by the Hiawatha Avenue industrial district to the west, Minneapolis Midtown Greenway to the south, the Mississippi River to the east, and Interstate 94 to the north.
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