Central, Minneapolis

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title: "Central, Minneapolis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["neighborhoods-in-minneapolis", "central-business-districts-in-the-united-states"] description: "Community of Minneapolis" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central,_Minneapolis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Community of Minneapolis ::

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FieldValue
official_nameCentral
native_name
settlement_typeCommunity
image_mapMinneapolisCentralCommunity.PNG
mapsize200px
map_captionLocation of Central Minneapolis in Minneapolis
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_type3City
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_name1Minnesota
subdivision_name2Hennepin
subdivision_name3Minneapolis
parts_typeNeighborhoods
parts_stylelist
p1Downtown East
p2Downtown West
p3Elliot Park
p4Loring Park
p5North Loop
p6Stevens Square-Loring Heights
seat_typeCity Council Wards
seat3, 5, 6, 7
leader_titleCouncil Member
leader_nameMichael Rainville
leader_title1Council Member
leader_name1Jeremiah Ellison
leader_title2Council Member
leader_name2Jamal Osman
leader_title3Council Member
leader_name3Katie Cashman
established_titleFounded
established_date1849
unit_prefUS
area_total_sq_mi3.024
area_footnotes
population_as_of2023
population_total60,549
population_density_sq_mi19,315
population_footnotes
timezoneCST
utc_offset-6
timezone_DSTCDT
utc_offset_DST-5
postal_code_typeZIP Code
postal_code55401, 55402, 55403, 55404, 55405, 55411, 55415, 55454, 55487
area_code612
demographics
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Central is a defined community in Minneapolis that consists of six smaller official neighborhoods around the downtown and central business core. It also includes the many old flour mills, the Mill District, and other historical and industrial areas of downtown Minneapolis. It also includes some high-density residential areas surrounding it, excluding areas east of the Mississippi River. Businesses and government buildings are based in the Central area include the corporate headquarters of the Star Tribune, Target, US Bancorp, the Hennepin County Government Center, Minneapolis Central Library, Minneapolis City Hall, and the broadcast facilities of the Minnesota CBS station WCCO-TV.

There is no City Council ward representing the majority of Central Minneapolis. It is split between Wards 3, 5, 6, and 7, represented by Council Members Rainville, Ellison, Osman, and Cashman respectively.

Central neighborhoods

Gallery

File:A view of downtown Minneapolis from the Stone Arch Bridge.jpg|View of downtown Minneapolis from the Stone Arch Bridge. File:Minneapolis skyline-20070805.jpg|Downtown Minneapolis panorama File:Downtown Minneapolis-20060526.jpg|White U.S. Bancorp towers reflected in the Capella Tower. File:Lake Calhoun-Minneapolis-2006-07-22-crop2.jpg|Downtown Minneapolis from Bde Maka Ska. File:MPLSSkyline.jpg|Minneapolis Skyline from Target Field. File:225 South Sixth.jpg|Capella Tower File:Wells Fargo Center from Foshay.jpg|Wells Fargo Center from the Foshay Tower File:IDS Center-Minneapolis-2005-09-27.jpg|IDS Center, the tallest building in Minneapolis and Minnesota File:051907-016-FoshayTower.jpg|The Foshay Tower File:33 South Sixth Minneapolis 1.jpg|33 South Sixth, also known as the City Center. File:Target Plaza South.jpg|Target Plaza South, the headquarters of Target Corporation, lit up multicolored during the winter. File:The Carlyle Minneapolis 1.jpg|The Carlyle File:Campbell Mithun Tower 1.jpg|Campbell Mithun Tower File:Ameriprise Financial Center Minneapolis 1.jpg|The Ameriprise Financial Center. File:Hennepin County Government Center 2018.jpg|The Hennepin County Government Center, the site of the Occupy Minnesota protests. File:Qwest Building Minneapolis.jpg|The CenturyLink Building, the 17th tallest building in Minneapolis. File:US Bank Plaza 1 Minneapolis 1.jpg|US Bank Plaza, the 6th tallest building in Minneapolis. File:Dain Rauscher Plaza Minneapolis 1.jpg|RBC Plaza File:US Bancorp Center Minneapolis 1.jpg| US Bancorp Center File:Fifth Street Towers Minneapolis 1.jpg|Fifth Street Towers File:AT&T Tower Minneapolis 1.jpg|AT&T Tower

References

References

  1. (2011). "Greater Central neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN), 55401, 55402, 55403, 55404, 55415 detailed profile". [[City-Data]].
  2. (20 February 2025). "Downtown Minneapolis population surpasses 60k".
  3. (October 2011). "Minneapolis Community Profile: Central". Minnesota Compass.
  4. "Find My Ward".
  5. ''Central, Minneapolis, MN.'' [[Google Earth]]. Retrieved 2011-03-09.

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