West Maka Ska
West Maka Ska, formerly known as West Calhoun, is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of Minneapolis. The neighborhood was generally rural with a couple grain silos along the railroad track heading into Downtown Minneapolis until about the 1910s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 2,650 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Also known as: “West Bde Maka Ska”, “West Calhoun”, “West Calhoun, Minneapolis”, and “West Maka Ska, Minneapolis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Bakken and Walker Library.
The Bakken
Museum
Photo: Pborreson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bakken Museum is situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Established in 1975 by Earl Bakken, the co-founder of Medtronic, it serves as a science museum.
Walker Library
Library
Photo: Elkman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Walker Library is a public library in the East Isles neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It is on Hennepin Avenue one block north of Lake Street, adjoining the Midtown Greenway.
Cedar Lake
Lake
Photo: Elkman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cedar Lake is a lake in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and part of the city's Chain of Lakes. It is located on the west side of the city, north of Bde Maka Ska and west of Lake of the Isles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cedar-Isles-Dean and East Bde Maka Ska.
Cedar-Isles-Dean
Neighborhood
Cedar-Isles-Dean is a neighborhood in the Calhoun-Isles community in Minneapolis. Its boundaries are the Kenilworth Lagoon and Lake of the Isles to the north and east, West Lake Street to the south, and France Avenue South to the west.
East Bde Maka Ska
Neighborhood
East Bde Maka Ska is a neighborhood within the Calhoun-Isles community in the U.S. city of Minneapolis. It was known as East Calhoun prior to August 2021.
Bde Maka Ska-Isles, Minneapolis
Suburb
Bde Maka Ska-Isles, formerly called Calhoun-Isles, is one of the official communities in the U.S. city of Minneapolis. It is split between Ward 7 and Ward 10 of the Minneapolis City Council, represented by councilmembers Katie Cashman and Aisha Chughtai, respectively.
West Maka Ska
- Category: locality
- Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.94495° or 44° 56′ 42″ northLongitude
-93.31946° or 93° 19′ 10″ westPopulation
2,650Open location code
86P8WMVJ+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 9133847029OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q7984636
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Persian—“West Maka Ska” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “West Calhoun”
- French: “West Calhoun”
- Persian: “ماکا اسکا شرقی، مینیاپولیس”
- Persian: “ماکا اسکا شرقی”
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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 “West Maka Ska”. Photo: Bobak, CC BY 3.0.