St. Louis Park, Minnesota
city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
St. Louis Park is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 50,010 at the 2020 census. It is a first-ring suburb immediately west of Minneapolis. Other adjacent cities include Edina, Golden Valley, Minnetonka, Plymouth, and Hopkins.
History
Early developments
The name "St. Louis Park" was derived from the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway that ran through the area; the word "Park" was added to avoid confusion with St. Louis, Missouri. The settlement was incorporated as a village in 1886, and from 1887 to 1890, its post office was called "Elmwood".
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “St. Louis Park, Minnesota” is city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Louis, Park and Minnesota, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q988741. VIAF identifies the subject as 157147474. The Library of Congress control number is n83199125. Authority coordinates are 44.949, -93.365. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1886, 1887 and 1890.
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