Edina, Minnesota Edina, Minnesota The Edina Theater in September 2006 The Edina Theater in September 2006 Official seal of Edina, Minnesota Location of Edina Website City of Edina Edina (Listeni/i da n / ee-dy-n ) is a town/city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and a suburb situated immediately southwest of Minneapolis.
Edina began as a small farming and milling improve in the 1860s.
Ruins of Edina Mill next to Minnehaha Creek 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 territory in the southwest section of what was then Richfield Township. They were followed by pioneer from New England and Germany, who claimed additional territory 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 positioned in the northeast part of Edina, and were among the first areas to be established.
Several town meetings were held in the Minnehaha Grange Hall, amid which the names Hennepin Park, Westfield and Edina were suggested.
Brown, a farmer and future owner (1889) of the Edina Mill, are summarized as follows: Another motion was then made by Andrew Craik to call the proposed village Edina (upon moving to the township in 1869 from Edinburgh, he bought and retitled the foundry to the Edina Mill).
At the next meeting, the name Edina was finally chosen with a vote of 47 for and 42 against. There has been a prevailing myth about the decision to name the new village Edina, which states that two opposing communities the Irish Cahill improve and the Scottish Mill improve fought about whether to give the improve an Irish name (Killarney Lakes) or a Scottish name (Edina).
The 1860 census, however, indicates that there were no Scottish citizens in Edina in 1860, and only a couple were present at the time of Edina's beginning (1888). The first suburban evolution in Edina occurred amid the early 1900s in Morningside, a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the village.
As Morningside grew, conflict arose between its inhabitants who wanted more town/city services, and the inhabitants of the rest of the village who wanted to maintain Edina's non-urban character.
As a result of that conflict, Morningside seceded from Edina in 1920 and became a separate village. In 1966, however, the Village of Morningside once again became part of Edina. According to historian Deborah Morse-Kahn, the Quaker village that existed where Edina would be assembled encompassed African Americans who "became very involved in improve life especially as leaders." At the November 1898 general election, J.
Frank Wheaton, a Republican African-American, was propel to the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 42, which encompassed all of Edina.
Wheaton beat his white Democratic opponent in every town/city of Minneapolis ward and in every village inside the legislative district, including Edina, even though the legislative precinct had only approximately 100 African Americans inhabitants out of a total of 40,000 residents. In the early 20th century discriminatory policies led nearly all of the African Americans who had been living in Edina to move away. James W.
Kraemer decision of 1948, reports of discrimination persisted through the 1950s and 1960s. According to the Edina Historical Society's story about the first black family in Morningside (then a separate village) in 1960, attempts to keep them out encompassed tactics like trying "to get [their] lot condemned for drainage." In response, then-mayor Ken Joyce wrote a note dismissing the drainage concern and challenging people "to live the Golden Rule".
In the 1960s, some inhabitants boasted that Edina had "Not one Negro and not one Jew." Many primary highways run through or are close to Edina, making it readily accessible to those inside the urbane area.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 15.97 square miles (41.36 km2), of which 15.45 square miles (40.02 km2) is territory and 0.52 square miles (1.35 km2) is water. Residential areas comprise the biggest portion of the City, which is now more than 95 percent developed.
Within Edina are many different neighborhoods; Highlands, Indian Hills, Morningside, Country Club District, Cahill Village, Chapel Hill, South Harriet Park, Interlachen, Rolling Green, Presidents, Sunnyslope, White Oaks, Parkwood Knolls, Braemar Hills, Birchcrest, Dewey Hill and Hilldale. Edina is one of the most well-to-do suburbs of Minneapolis. The median homehold income in Edina in 1999 was $66,019, compared to the averages of $37,974 for Minneapolis and $47,111 for the state of Minnesota. According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $76,805, and the median income for a family was $114,673.
Main article: Edina Public Schools Edina Public Schools is the enhance school precinct (ISD 273) that serves Edina families.
Edina has only one high school, Edina High School.
News and World Reports highest ranked school in Minnesota and #197 nationally. Newsweek's list of America's Best High Schools also ranked Edina highest in the state, #121 nationally. According to Newsweek, the graduate rate is 99% and 96% go on to attend college. There are four private schools in Edina: Our Lady of Grace Catholic School, St.
Edina serves as command posts for a several large companies: Jerry's Foods, Lund Food Holdings, Regis Corporation, and of Dairy Queen, and Orange Julius. According to the city's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the biggest employers in the town/city are Fairview Southdale Hospital, Macy's, BI Worldwide, Edina Public Schools, Promenade Salon Concepts, Regis Salons, Regis Franchise, Regis, Master - Cuts, and Smart - Style, the last six of which are part of Regis Corporation. Edina's parkland and open space totals more than 1,550 acres (6.3 km2).
The Edina Park and Recreation Department oversees 44 parks, which include amenities such as baseball, football and soccer fields; softball diamonds; basketball and tennis courts; outside skating rinks; playground equipment for young children; and picnic shelters.
Besides overseeing the parks, the Edina Park & Recreation Department is also responsible for the operation of 10 arts, community, and recreation facilities inside the town/city including Braemar Golf Course, Braemar Ice Rink, Centennial Lakes Park, and Edinborough Park.
There are two nation clubs positioned in Edina, the Edina Country Club and the Interlachen Country Club.
The following citizens were born in, or have resided in, Edina: Edina town/city hall and police department, rebuilt in 2004 The interior of a 1950s rambler in Edina's Highlands neighborhood was used in the Coen brothers' 2009 film A Serious Man. Lead singer Craig Finn from the band The Hold Steady is from Edina and has made a several allusions to the town in their songs.
From the album Separation Sunday describes a wild evening in the town, ending with the line "I drove the wrong way down 169 and almost died up by Edina High".
Also, the song's title is a reference to Edina High School's mascot, the Hornet.
In the movie D2: The Mighty Ducks, star forward Adam Banks, when asked his name and where he is from, introduces himself as "Adam Banks Edina, Minnesota".
In the movie Jingle all the way, some of the exterior home scenes were shot in Edina's Brucewood neighborhood, near Arden Park.
Part of the 1994 movie Little Big League was shot at one of Countryside Park's baseball diamonds. The umpire wears an Edina Athletic Association T-shirt.
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