Hiawatha, Minneapolis

Hiawatha
Neighborhood
Location of Hiawatha within the U.S. city of Minneapolis
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Hennepin
City	Minneapolis
Community	Longfellow
City Council Ward	12
Government
• Council Member	Aurin Chowdhury
Area [1]
• Total	1.316 sq mi (3.41 km2)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	6,298
• Density	4,800/sq mi (1,800/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55406, 55417
Area code	612

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,^[3] represented by Aurin Chowdhury. 44°55′12″N 93°12′38″W / 44.9200°N 93.2106°W / 44.9200; -93.2106^[4]

Significant locations in Hiawatha include:

• Minnehaha Regional Park, a MPRB property featuring Minnehaha Falls, the restaurant Sea Salt, and the Minnehaha Dog Park,^[5] designated as the Minnehaha Historic District^[6]
• Hiawatha Elementary School,^[7] 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.^[8]
• John H. Stevens House on 4901 Minnehaha Avenue^[9]
• The 46th Street Station and the 50th/Minnehaha Station on the Metro Blue Line^[10]
• 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^{[11] [12]}

Hiawatha Avenue Mural
Artist	Sara Rotholz Weiner
Year	1990 (1990)-1992 (1992)
Type	Mural
Location	Minneapolis
Coordinates	44°55′41″N 93°13′23″W / 44.92797°N 93.22311°W / 44.92797; -93.22311