Minneapolis
Minneapolis is a community located along US 19-E in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. It shares its name with two other cities nationwide: another small town in Kansas, and the twin city of the capital of Minnesota.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Minneapolis, NC” and “Minneapolis, North Carolina”
- Postal code: 28652
Places of Interest
Highlights include Big Yellow Mountain.
Big Yellow Mountain
Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
Big Yellow Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 5,443 feet. The mountain generates feeder streams for the North Toe River. Big Yellow Mountain is situated 2½ miles west of Minneapolis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newland and Elk Park.
Newland
Town
Photo: Ihavefoundgrace, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Newland is a town in and the county seat of Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 715 at the 2020 census. By elevation, Newland is the highest county seat located east of the Mississippi River. Newland is situated 3½ miles east of Minneapolis.
Elk Park
Village
Elk Park is a town in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The town was so named because of the number of elk killed there. The population was 542 at the 2020 census. Elk Park is situated 4 miles north of Minneapolis.
Heaton
Hamlet
Heaton is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located along NC 194, centered at the Heaton Bridge, which crosses over the Elk River. Heaton is situated 6 miles northeast of Minneapolis.
Minneapolis
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Township of Minneapolis, Avery, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.09937° or 36° 5′ 58″ northLongitude
-81.98735° or 81° 59′ 15″ westElevation
3,186 feet (971 metres)United Nations Location Code
US M5NOpen location code
868W32X7+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 154367926OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4479740Wikidata ID
Q6867956
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Minneapolis” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “明尼阿波利斯 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “明尼阿波利斯”
- French: “Minneapolis”
- Irish: “Minneapolis”
- Persian: “مینیاپولیس، کارولینای شمالی”
- Persian: “مینیاپولیس”
- Russian: “Миннеаполис”
- Spanish: “Minneapolis”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Minneapolis Methodist Church and Minneapolis Baptist Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Minneapolis”. Photo: southernfoodwaysalliance, CC BY 2.0.