Highland Park, Saint Paul
neighborhood in Ramsey, Minnesota, United States
Highland Park is a neighborhood in the southwestern corner of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Also known as Highland District Council (District 15), it lies along the Mississippi River just north of Fort Snelling and across the river from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. At the 2000 census, Highland Park had a population of 23,202.
Government
The Highland District Council is one of 17 neighborhood district councils in Saint Paul. The district councils were formed in 1975 to advise the Saint Paul City Council on issues related to the development of its area as well as city and state issues. The HDC Board of Directors is composed of community volunteers elected to serve two-year terms.
History
The land known today as Highland Park was once a part of the Fort Snelling reserve, where no settlement was allowed until 1844, when a veteran of the Mexican–American War, William Finn, was the first white person to settle in Highland Park permanently in 1848. He was granted a large portion of land along the Mississippi River and built a house on land that the University of St. Thomas now occupies. During this time, much of the Highland Park area was encompassed by the Fort Snelling reservation, but by the mid–1850s the government opened up most of that land for sale, and the area became Reserve Township.
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