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Edina, MN

Edina, Minnesota
City
The Edina Theater in September 2006
The Edina Theater in September 2006
Official seal of Edina, Minnesota
Seal
Motto: "For Living, Learning, Raising Families & Doing Business"
Location of Edinawithin Hennepin County, Minnesota
Location of Edina
within Hennepin County, Minnesota
Coordinates: 44°53′44″N 93°21′17″W / 44.89556°N 93.35472°W / 44.89556; -93.35472Coordinates: 44°53′44″N 93°21′17″W / 44.89556°N 93.35472°W / 44.89556; -93.35472
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Hennepin
Founded 1860s
Incorporated 1888
Government
 • Mayor James B. Hovland (DFL)
Area
 • City 15.97 sq mi (41.36 km2)
 • Land 15.45 sq mi (40.02 km2)
 • Water 0.52 sq mi (1.35 km2)  3.26%
Elevation 922 ft (281 m)
Population (2010)
 • City 47,941
 • Estimate (2015) 50,138
 • Rank US: 754th MN: 19th
 • Density 3,103.0/sq mi (1,198.1/km2)
 • Metro 3,524,583 (US: 16th)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 55410, 55416, 55424, 55435, 55436, 55439, 55343
Area code(s) 952
FIPS code 27-18188
GNIS feature ID 0643177
Website City of Edina

Edina (Listeni/ˈdnə/ ee-DY-nə), officially known as the City of Edina, is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and a suburb situated immediately southwest of Minneapolis. Edina began as a small farming and milling community in the 1860s. The population was 47,941, as of 2010.

Edina began as part of Richfield Township, Minnesota. By the 1870s, 17 families, most of them immigrating as a result of the potato famine in Ireland, had come to Minnesota and claimed land in the southwest section of what was then Richfield Township. They were followed by settlers from New England and Germany, who claimed additional land near Minnehaha Creek. The Baird and Grimes neighborhoods (which are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places), and the Country Club District (then known as Waterville Mills) are located in the northeast part of Edina, and were among the first areas to be established. The area then known as the Cahill Settlement, at West 70th Street and Cahill Road, was also an early community center and the home of Cahill School.


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